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polyphloisbic

polyphloisbic adjective: of the sea, noisy, roaring, thundering.

Adjective

polyphloisbic (comparative more polyphloisbic, superlative most polyphloisbic)

  1. (poetic) Of the sea, noisy, roaring, thundering.
    • Will Hero’s Tower crumble under 15-inch guns? Will the sea be polyphloisbic and wine dark and unvintageable?1915, Rupert Brooke, letter to Violet Bonham Carter, quoted in William Manchester, The Last Lion, page 518.

Forms of polyphloisbic

comparativemore polyphloisbic
superlativemost polyphloisbic
alternative formpolyphloesboean
alternative formpolyphloisboian

Origin of polyphloisbic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύφλοισβος (polúphloisbos, “loud‐roaring”).

Questions about polyphloisbic

What does polyphloisbic mean?
Polyphloisbic means of the sea, noisy, roaring, thundering.
What part of speech is polyphloisbic?
Polyphloisbic is an adjective.

Words near polyphloisbic in the dictionary

  1. polyphialidic
  2. polyphilia
  3. polyphiloprogenitive
  4. polyphite
  5. polyphloesboean
  6. polyphloisbic
  7. polyphloisboian
  8. polyphloroglucinol
  9. polyphloroglucinols
  10. polyphobia
  11. polyphobias

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