Rabblement
/ˈræb.l.mənt/noun
A noisy, disorderly crowd or mob.
Did you know?Rabblement is an old English formation built on **rabble**, a word once used for a disorderly crowd, and the same root helped shape the idea of people as a noisy, unruly mass.
Etymological Timeline
Late Middle English
English
rabblement
“a disorderly crowd; a mob”
Middle English
English
rabble
“a confused or disorderly crowd”
Middle Dutch
Dutch
rabbel
“confused talk; chatter”
Old French
French
rabele
“a noisy crowd or tumult”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hrab-
“to make a noise; to chatter”