Pronounced: stawnch, verb
Notes: I have to confess that I confuse this word with “staunch”, but they are separate words
Yesterday’s word
The word tohobohu is “chaos; confusion”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1600s
Background / Comments
What a great word to use for chaos! Our word came from Hebrew tohu wa-bhohu, which is made from tohu (formlessness) and bhohu (emptiness).
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