panoply
/ˈpænəpli/
panoply noun: a splendid display of something.
Noun
panoply (plural panoplies)
- A splendid display of something.
- Even though we cannot affirm that the products of mimesis are invested in the panoply of existence.1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato,”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 92, page 459
- To the south were the Varden and the men of Surda, entrenched behind multiple layers of defense, where they displayed a fine panoply of woven standards, ranks of proud tents, and the picketed horses of King Orrin's cavalry.2005, Christopher Paolini, “The Burning Plains”, in Eldest, page 581
- A collection or display of weaponry.
- Ceremonial garments, complete with all accessories.
- A complete set of armour.
- Something that covers and protects.
- [I]n short, sneering and fleering at him in her cold barren way; all which, however, he, the man he was, could receive on thick enough panoply, or even rebound therefrom, and also go his way.1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)
- A broad or full range or complete set.
- Near-synonyms: plenitude, plentitude, plenty, cornucopia
- Indeed, for much of the Arab world, the Turkish term Seferberlik, which originally referred to conscription, has come to represent the panoply of civilian suffering in the Great War.2016 November, Eugene Rogan, “The First World War and its Legacy in the Middle East”, in Amal Ghazal, Jens Hanssen, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Middle-Eastern and North African...
- Synonyms:
- plenitude, plentitude, plenty, cornucopia
Verb
panoply (third-person singular simple present panoplies, present participle panoplying, simple past and past participle panoplied)
- To fit out in a suit of armour
- To array or bedeck
panoply meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
panoply in Tamil
- முழுப்படைக் கவசம், கவர் காட்சி
panoply in Urdu
- مکمل زرہ بکتر
panoply in Malayalam
- range, array, collection
- വ്യൂഹം, അണി, പന്തി, ശേഖരം, സമ്പുടം, സജ്ജ
- regalia, trappings, splendour
- പദവിചിഹ്നങ്ങൾ, ബാഹ്യാലങ്കാരങ്ങൾ, പരിപൂർണ്ണകവചം, പൂർണ്ണപടച്ചട്ട, ആഡംബരപരവും ശബളാഭവുമായ വേഷം, രക്ഷായുധക്കൂട്ടം
panoply in Kannada
- ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ರಕ್ಷಾಕವಚ, ಪೂರ್ತಿ ಸಜ್ಜಾಗಿರುವ ಮೈಜೋಡು, ಆಚ್ಛಾದನ, ಹೊದಿಕೆ, ಮುಚ್ಚುಗೆ, ಬೆಡಗಿನ ಉಡುಗೆತೊಡುಗೆ
Examples of panoply in a sentence
- All carried laser carbines, grenades, missile launchers, mines—a whole panoply of death.
- As March creeps into April, the panoply of summer birddom has begun to reassemble.
- Twoccers joined muggers in the panoply of folk devils.
Synonyms of panoply
Forms of panoply
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | panoplies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | panoplies |
| present participle | panoplying |
| past participle | panoplied |
| past | panoplied |
Origin of panoply
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πανοπλία (panoplía, “suit of armour”).
Words formed from panoply
Questions about panoply
- What does panoply mean?
- Panoply means a splendid display of something.
- What is panoply in Tamil?
- Panoply in Tamil is முழுப்படைக் கவசம், கவர் காட்சி. See Panoply meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is panoply?
- Panoply can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce panoply?
- Panoply is pronounced /ˈpænəpli/.
- What is the plural of panoply?
- The plural of panoply is panoplies.
Words near panoply in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: panoply (page history and authors); panoply (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); panoply (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); panoply (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); panoply (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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