Pantechnicon Definition

păn-tĕknĭ-kŏn
noun
A bazaar where all kinds of things were sold.
Webster's New World
A warehouse.
Webster's New World
A furniture van.
Webster's New World

(chiefly UK) A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.

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Other Word Forms of Pantechnicon

Noun

Singular:
pantechnicon
Plural:
pantechnicons

Origin of Pantechnicon

  • Short for pantechnicon van after the Pantechnicon the name of a building in London that in 1830 originally housed a bazaar selling craftwork but was later used as a furniture warehouse pan– Greek tekhnikon neuter sing. of tekhnikos of art technical

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Pantechnicon, a building in Motcomb Street, London.

    From Wiktionary

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