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pandaemonium

pandaemonium is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of pandaemonium

pluralpandaemonia

Questions about pandaemonium

What is pandaemonium the alternative spelling of?
Pandaemonium is the alternative spelling of pandemonium.

Words near pandaemonium in the dictionary

  1. panda huggers
  2. Pandacan
  3. Pandacaqui
  4. pandaedalian
  5. pandaemonism
  6. pandaemonium
  7. pandaesque
  8. Pandag
  9. Pandaisia
  10. Pandakaki
  11. pandal

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