capharnaum

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noun

A disorderly jumble; marked by a disorderly accumulation of objects.

OriginFrench capharnaüm →
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Meanings

nouncapharnaum (plural capharnaums)

plural capharnaums

  1. A disorderly jumble; marked by a disorderly accumulation of objects.

    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

Origin

  1. Frenchcapharnaüm
  2. Englishcapharnaum

Borrowed from French capharnaüm.

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capharnaum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capharnaum

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Chicago

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