pandemonium

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
24
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌpæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.əm/
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/ˌpæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.əm/ · /ˌpæn.dəˈmoʊ.ni.əm/

Definition of pandemonium

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.
    “Whatever all this pandemonium means, I suppose the police station will help us.”
    “I shall go round to the office and complain. I'll tell you what it is, Mr. Belting: these mansions are becoming a pandemonium, sir, a veritable pandemonium.”
    “Whenever you have violent pandemonium, there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.
    “Whatever all this pandemonium means, I suppose the police station will help us.”
    “I shall go round to the office and complain. I'll tell you what it is, Mr. Belting: these mansions are becoming a pandemonium, sir, a veritable pandemonium.”
    “Whenever you have violent pandemonium, there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
    “Riyad Mahrez flighted the free-kick that followed to the far post and Morgan, with not much finesse but plenty of desire, bundled the ball over the line. Cue pandemonium in the stands.”
  3. (collective, countable, uncountable)A group of parrots

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Etymology

Coined by John Milton in Paradise Lost as Pandæmonium, from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to pan-) + Late Latin daemonium (“evil spirit, demon”), from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion, “deity”).

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