alarums and excursions

Frantic activity that causes a clamor. Often seen in Elizabethan drama as a stage direction denoting military activity. What on earth is going on? The alarums and excursions in the living room woke me from a sound sleep—keep it down!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Stelara	ste-LAH-rah	Esperanto
Sherlock	SHUR-lahk (English)	Literature
Wealdm&Aelig;R	-	Anglo-Saxon
Christiane	kris-tee-AH-nə (German), krees-TYAHN (French)	German, French
Pollux	PAHL-uks (English)	Roman Mythology
Alberta	al-BUR-tə (English), ahl-BER-tah (Italian, Polish, German)	English, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, German