chaotic

chaotic
chaotic (adj.) 1713, "in a state of primordial chaos," irregularly formed in English from CHAOS (Cf. chaos) + -IC (Cf. -ic), probably on model of eros/erotic, hypnos/hypnotic, etc. Transferred or figurative meaning "confused, disordered" is from 1747.

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