alarums and excursions



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!
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Patrycjapaht-RITS-yahPolish
HelgaHEL-gah (German), HEL-gaw (Hungarian)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Ancient Scandinavian
CibrÁNthee-BRANGalician
HÅVard-Norwegian
RuaidhrÍROR-eeIrish
Agapios-Greek, Ancient Greek