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pandæmonium

pandæmonium is the archaic form of pandemonium.

Meaning of pandemonium

Noun

pandemonium (countable and uncountable, plural pandemoniums or pandemonia)

  1. A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.
    • Whatever all this pandemonium means, I suppose the police station will help us.1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 259
    Synonyms:
    chaos, bedlam
  2. An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
    • Riyad Mahrez flighted the free-kick that followed to the far post and Morgan, with not much finesse but plenty of desire, bundled the ball over the line. Cue pandemonium in the stands.2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
    Synonyms:
    outburst, uproar
  3. (collective) A group of parrots
    • Clara laughed-"I know!"-and told her about the pandemoniums of parrots that live in the treetops above Los Angeles.2021, Mary Fifield, Fire & Water: Stories from the Anthropocene, Black LAwrence Press

Proper noun capitalized: Pandæmonium

Pandæmonium

  1. The high capital of Hell in John Milton's Paradise Lost.
    • And Trumpets sound throughout the Host proclaim
      A solemn Councel forthwith to be held
      At Pandæmonium, the high Capitol
      Of Satan and his Peers.1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I

Forms of pandæmonium

pluralpandæmonia

Questions about pandæmonium

What does pandæmonium mean?
Pandæmonium means the high capital of Hell in John Milton's Paradise Lost.
What is pandæmonium the archaic form of?
Pandæmonium is the archaic form of pandemonium.
What part of speech is pandæmonium?
Pandæmonium is a proper noun.

Words near pandæmonium in the dictionary

  1. pandying
  2. pandysautonomia
  3. pandysautonomias
  4. pandysautonomic
  5. pandæmonism
  6. pandæmonium
  7. Pandėlys
  8. pane
  9. pane cunzato
  10. Panebianco
  11. Panebiancos

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