different between rumpus vs embroilment

English

Etymology

1764, of unknown origin, "prob. a fanciful formation" [OED], possibly an alteration of robustious "boisterous, noisy".

Noun

rumpus (plural rumpuses)

1. A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.
2. (New Zealand) A rumpus room.

Synonyms

• ruckus, turmoil

Translations

See also

• romp

Latin

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?rum.pus/, [?r?mp?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?rum.pus/, [?rumpus]

Noun

rumpus m (genitive rump?); second declension

1. A vine branch

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• tr?dux

Derived terms

• rump?tin?tum
• rump?tinus

References

• rumpus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rumpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

embroil +? -ment

Noun

embroilment (countable and uncountable, plural embroilments)

1. The condition of being embroiled in something; an imbroglio or entanglement.

Translations