Relating to or resembling Babel; characterized by confusion, noise, and the mix of many different languages or sounds.
From Babel (the biblical tower where God confused human languages) plus the suffix -ic meaning 'relating to' or 'having the nature of.' This adjective was formed to describe things that share Babel's defining quality of confusion.
The Tower of Babel is literally where the word 'babel' comes from—it's the only word in English that points back to a single biblical moment that changed how humans communicated forever.
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