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welter (n)

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bewildering jumble

Appalled by the confused jumble of laws he had inherited from his predecessors, King Joseph II attempted to codify the existing welter of medieval law into a modern and coherent code.

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whimsical (adj)

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full of sudden, eccentric notions

The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious, flip humor and whimsical displays of carefree abandon.

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