pandemonium

• pandaemonium, pandæmonium

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpændɪˈmoʊni.əm/

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• Rhymes: -əʊniəm

pandemonium (countable and uncountable, plural pandemoniums or pandemonia)

1. A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.
   • 2004, Boston Globe, October 22

     Whenever you have violent pandemonium, there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.

2. An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
   • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian‎:

     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.

• (tumultuous protest or disorder): chaos, bedlam
• (an outburst): outburst, uproar

• pandemonium architecture
• pandemonium effect

• pandemoniac
• pandemoniacal
• pandemonian
• pandemonic
• pandemonious

• → Catalan: pandemònium, pandemoni

• Pandæmonium

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pandemonium n (plural pandemoniums, diminutive pandemoniumpje n)

1. pandemonium, residence of all demons/devils, hell
2. pandemonium, a 'hellish' chaos, notably terrible noise and disorder

pandemonium n (definite singular pandemoniet, indefinite plural pandemonium, definite plural pandemonia)

1. (antiquity) temple for all gods and demigods
2. pandemonium (residence for all demons)

   Synonym: helvete

• “pandemonium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English pandemonium.

• IPA^(key): /pan.dɛˈmɔ.ɲum/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɲum
• Syllabification: pan‧de‧mo‧nium

pandemonium n (indeclinable)

1. (literary) pandemonium (hell)

   Synonym: piekło

2. (literary) pandemonium (chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence)

   Synonym: koszmar

• pandemonium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pandemonium in Polish dictionaries at PWN