Pandemonium

Pandemonium is defined as a place with chaos, noise and confusion.

(noun)

An example of pandemonium is the arena full of the fans whose team has just won the Superbowl for the first time in 12 years.

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See Pandemonium in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost
  2. hell
    1. any place or scene of wild disorder, noise, or confusion
    2. wild disorder, noise, or confusion

Origin: ModL < Gr pan, all (see pan-) + daimōn, demon

See Pandemonium in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.

Origin:

Origin: From Pandǽmonium, capital of Hell in Paradise Lost, an epic poem by John Milton

Origin: : Greek pan-, pan-

Origin: + Late Latin daemonium, demon (from Greek daimonion, from daimōn, lesser god, demon; see demon)

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Related Forms:

  • panˌde·moˈni·ac (-nē-ăkˌ) adjective

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