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pan⋅ic

2[pan-ik]
–noun
1. Also called panic grass. any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain.
2. the grain.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L pānicum a kind of millet
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panic grass  
n.  Any of numerous grasses of the genus Panicum, many of which are grown for grain and fodder.

[Middle English panik, from Old French, from Latin pānicum, from pānis, bread; see pā- in Indo-European roots.]
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Slang Dictionary
panic

  1. n.
    a very funny or exciting person or thing. : Paul is a panic. He tells a joke a minute.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

panic  (2)
"type of grass," c.1420, from O.Fr. panic "Italian millet," from L. panicum "kind of millet," from panus "ear of millet, a swelling," of unknown origin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2panic
Function: verb
Inflected Form: pan·icked /-ikt/; pan·ick·ing
transitive senses
: to affect with panic panic intransitive senses
: to be affected with panic
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Medical Dictionary

panic pan·ic (pān'ĭk)
n.
A sudden overpowering feeling of terror.


pan'ic v.

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