chaos
The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
Noun 4 meanings
The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
“to descend into chaos”
A behavior of iterative nonlinear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.
One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”). Doublet of gas, which was borrowed through Dutch. Displaced native Old English dwolma. In Early Modern English, used in the sense of the original Greek word. In the meaning “primordial matter” from the 16th century.
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CHAOS at a glance
CHAOS has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + H 4 + A 1 + O 1 + S 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,426 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with chaos
All rhymes- TAOS4
- NAOS4
- PRONAOS9
- CARABAOS12
- CIAOS7
- CURACAOS12
- HAOS7
- BACALAOS12
- CACAOS10
- EPINAOS9
- GHERAOS11
- JIAOS12
One letter away
- CHATS10
- CHAPS12
- CHARS10
- CHAVS13
- CHADS11
- CHAMS12
- CHAIS10
- CIAOS7
- CHAWS13
- CHALS10
- CHAYS13
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