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noun

Chaos n.

An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm. (Archaic) "Between us and there is fixed a great chaos."

The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and orderly forms.

Any confused or disordered collection or state of things; a confused mixture; confusion; disorder.

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Etymology of 'Chaos'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chaos" Quotes from Famous Books

... thoughts were chaos; my brain throbbed heavily; I fixed my hot eyes on the road and strode onward, numbed, seeing, ...

— The Maid-At-Arms • Robert W. Chambers

... through the malice of time, or, finally, through the decree of Heaven, which appears to be unwilling that the things of this earth should exist for long in one form, that she falls again into the same chaos of ruin; that these my labours, whatsoever they may be worth (if indeed they may be worthy of a happier fortune), both through what has been already said and through what remains to say, may be able to keep her alive or at least to encourage the most exalted minds to provide ...

— Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects - Volume 1, Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi • Giorgio Vasari

... lungs of the feasters were choked with overpowering perfumes! What repulsive exhibitions met the eye! How shamelessly was all decency trodden under foot! The poisonous breath of unchecked license had blasted the noble moderation of the vapor of wine which floated round this chaos of riotous topers slowly rose the pale image of Satiety watching for ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... he pushed open the door, thrusting in his head. "What the hell are you doing here? This region is sacred to Chaos and old Night," striking the panels, first one and then the other, with the tassels of his dressing-gown. No one answered him. Adelaide counted a row of ...

— The Morgesons • Elizabeth Stoddard

... cheered him, honoured him, and extolled him up to the skies. Everybody said that, unless leading men like Nabendu devoted themselves to the Cause, there was no hope for the country. Nabendu was disposed to agree with them, and emerged out of the chaos of mistake and confusion as a leader of the country. When he entered the Congress Pavilion on the first day, everybody stood up, and shouted "Hip, hip, hurrah," in a loud outlandish voice, hearing which our Motherland reddened with shame to the root ...

— The Hungry Stones And Other Stories • Rabindranath Tagore

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