pandemonium

[ 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.

  1. (often initial capital letter) the abode of all the demons.

Origin of pandemonium

1
1660–70; after Pandaemonium, Milton's name in Paradise Lost for the capital of hell; see pan-, demon, -ium

Other words for pandemonium

Other words from pandemonium

  • pan·de·mo·ni·ac, pan·de·mo·ni·a·cal [pan-duh-muh-nahy-uh-kuhl], /ˌpæn də məˈnaɪ ə kəl/, pan·de·mon·ic [pan-duh-mon-ik], /ˌpæn dəˈmɒn ɪk/, adjective
  • pan·de·mo·ni·an, adjective, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for pandemonium

pandemonium

/ (ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm) /


noun
  1. wild confusion; uproar

  2. a place of uproar and chaos

Origin of pandemonium

1
C17: coined by Milton to designate the capital of hell in Paradise Lost, from pan- + Greek daimōn demon

Derived forms of pandemonium

  • pandemoniac or pandemonic (ˌpændɪˈmɒnɪk), adjective

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