Maelstrom (noun)
mayl-strom
A powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river. / A situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil.
Late 16th century from early modern Dutch (denoting a whirlpool in the Arctic Ocean, west of Norway), from maalen ‘grind, whirl’ + stroom ‘stream’.
Example sentences
“The noise from the maelstrom was a deafening roar.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
