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Definition of pandemoniac - 2 dictionary results

pan⋅de⋅mo⋅ni⋅um

  [pan-duh-moh-nee-uhm]
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–noun
1. wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
2. a place or scene of riotous uproar or utter chaos.
3. (often initial capital letter) the abode of all the demons.
4. hell.
Origin:
1660–70; after Pandaemonium, Milton's name in Paradise Lost for the capital of hell; see pan-, demon, -ium

Related forms:
pan⋅de⋅mo⋅ni⋅ac, pan⋅de⋅mo⋅ni⋅a⋅cal  [pan-duh-muh-nahy-uh-kuhl] , pan⋅de⋅mon⋅ic  [pan-duh-mon-ik] , adjective
pan⋅de⋅mo⋅ni⋅an, adjective, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. bedlam, turmoil, babel.
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pan·de·mo·ni·um   (pān'də-mō'nē-əm)   
n.  

  1. A very noisy place: "The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific" (Jerome K. Jerome).

  2. Wild uproar or noise. See Synonyms at noise.


[From Pandæmonium, capital of Hell in Paradise Lost, an epic poem by John Milton : Greek pan-, pan- + Late Latin daemonium, demon (from Greek daimonion, from daimōn, lesser god, demon; see demon).]
pan'de·mo'ni·ac (-nē-āk') adj.
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