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rabblement
Jan. 2nd, 2013 07:35 amrabblement (RAB-uhl-muhnt) - n., a tumult, disturbance; a rabble, disorderly crowd.
No longer much in use, alas, but it's an old one: coined in the 1530s from rabble, which itself is of murky Middle English origin.
---L.
No longer much in use, alas, but it's an old one: coined in the 1530s from rabble, which itself is of murky Middle English origin.
---L.
