7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
adjective lacking a visible order or organization
adjective completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing
adjective of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions
originFrom Late Latin chaoticus (“of or pertaining to the primordial state of the universe”), from Latin chaos (“chaos”) + -ticus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); analysable as chaos + -otic. Doublet of gassy.
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