"capharnaum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: capharnaums [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French capharnaüm. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|capharnaüm}} Borrowed from French capharnaüm Head templates: {{en-noun}} capharnaum (plural capharnaums)
  1. A disorderly jumble; marked by a disorderly accumulation of objects.
    Sense id: en-capharnaum-en-noun-5YYHXXBf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1950, Christopher Morley, Preface to Boswell’s London Journal, 1762–1763, Yale University Press, page xxix",
          "text": "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."
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