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polyphloisboian

polyphloisboian is the alternative form of polyphloisbic.

Meaning of polyphloisbic

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.

Origin of polyphloisboian

From πολυφλοίσβοιο (poluphloísboio), genitive of Ancient Greek πολύφλοισβος (polúphloisbos), as attested in Iliad 1.34.

Questions about polyphloisboian

What is polyphloisboian the alternative form of?
Polyphloisboian is the alternative form of polyphloisbic.

Words near polyphloisboian in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polyphloisboian (page history and authors); polyphloisbic (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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