capharnaum
See also: Capharnaum and capharnaüm
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French capharnaüm.
Noun
capharnaum (plural capharnaums)
- A disorderly jumble.
- 1950, Christopher Morley, Preface to Boswell’s London Journal, 1762–1763, Yale University Press, page xxix:
- To his amazement, going through a capharnaum of miscellany (this was October, 1930, to January, 1931), Professor Abbott found what completely sidetracked him from Beattie.
- 1950, Christopher Morley, Preface to Boswell’s London Journal, 1762–1763, Yale University Press, page xxix:
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