bouleversement

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He knew that if that bouleversement were actually to take place he would be as glad for his friend's sake as poor Hartley was now for his, but he knew also that the smile of congratulation would be a grimace of almost intolerable pain, and so he knew what Hartley's black hour must be like You must forgive me," he said.

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  1. noun A violent uproar; a tumult.
  2. noun A reversal.

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  • Anthropological respect is accorded only to the superstitions of darkest Africa, as to those of the Ndembu in Zambia-superstitions that are not discomfortably close to home, and which, for this very reason, present no threat of fantastical transmutation, of bouleversement. —  Varieties of Unreligious Experience
  • What about bouleversement -- that's a word in the dictionary that my gardener, say, doesn't use all that much .... —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Prince Milosch played admirably into their hands, not foreseeing that in the general bouleversement which would be the result, the independence of Servia might be disregarded. —  Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels
  • The resemblances, in some instances, are so striking, that one is reminded of that little animal, the fresh-water polype, whose external structure is so absolutely a mere prolongation of the internal, that you may turn him inside out, and all the functions of life go on just as well as before It is impossible to convey to you an adequate idea of the bouleversement which has taken place in our religious relations even in each man's little sphere. —  The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic
  • One cannot but think that the bouleversement which Egypt underwent has been somewhat exaggerated by the native historian for the sake of rhetorical effect, to enhance by contrast the splendour of the New Empire In another respect, too, if he has not misrepresented the rule of the "Shepherd Kings," he has failed to do it justice. —  Ancient Egypt
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  1. French, from Old French bouleverser, to overturn : boule, ball (from Latin bulla) + verser, to overturn (from Old French, from Latin versāre, frequentative of vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. French, from bouleverser, overthrow, overturn, from boule, a ball (later English bowl), + verser, turn, overturn, from Latin versare, turn: see verse, etc.
 

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