pandemoniacadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpandᵻˈməʊnɪak/, U.S.

/ˌpændəˈmoʊniˌæk/

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pandemonium n., -ac suffix; pan- comb. form, demoniac adj.

Etymology: < pandemonium n. + -ac suffix, after demoniac adj. In sense A. 2 perhaps < pan- comb. form + demoniac adj.

A. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Pandemonium; infernal; (now in extended use) disorderly, raucous, noisy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective]

nethereOE

hellena1225

infernalc1374

infern?a1513

hellish1530

helly1532

Avernal?1548

hellic1566

subterrestrial1592

Plutonic1596

Acherontic1597

Plutonical1599

Stygian1601

subterranean1603

Plutonian1604

Acherontical1610

subterraneous1631

subterraneal1643

Tophetical1684

pandemoniac1793

submundane1805

subterrene1809

netherworld1828

pandemonic1833

Acheronian1849

transacherontic1854

Avernian1864

trans-Stygian1899

1793 H. Walpole Let. 3 Oct. in M. Berry Extracts Jrnls. & Corr. (1865) i. 395 I hope this Pandemoniac proposal was suggested by the last sob of despair.

1847 J. R. Lowell Let. 25 July (1932) 20 The number of devils'-aprons thrown up on the beach... I suggest..these portions of the pandemoniac wardrobe are repaired with devils'-darningneedles when they are torn upon the rocks.

1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 239 To move with the restlessness of condemned spirits at some pandemoniac feast.

1890 T. De W. Talmage From Manger to Throne 45 That awful struggle against pandemoniac cohorts which rode up to trouble, baffle and destroy..the Son of God.

1898 Argosy July 700 The pandemoniac music burst full upon their ears.

1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England xvi. 279 The noise below had swiftly become pandemoniac, but there was not, as yet, an audible sound of crackling flames.

1996 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 25 Feb. 28 A million-strong rock festival..in an enormous, garish, pandemoniac People's Stadium.

1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) xi. 329 Postmodernists offer up a decentered world of endless fragmentation, a field where human identity becomes a moving target and history dissolves into a pandemoniac play of signs and simulacra.

†2. Of or relating to all gods or divinities. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > of all the gods

pantheon1772

pandemoniac1848

1848 W. R. Williams Lord's Prayer (1854) 217 He..in whose Pandemoniac alembic all religions and all existences are found to coagulate into one Being.

B. n.

A disorderly, raucous, or noisy person. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > devilish wickedness > devilish or hellish person

fiendc1220

Satan?a1513

dragon1568

Luciferian1647

infernal1748

pandemoniac1923

1923 J. Galsworthy Captures 81 Success, power, wealth—those aims of profiteers and premiers, pedagogues and pandemoniacs.

1992 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 June c1/1 If you are stuck next to, behind or in front of any pandemoniacs [sc. in a cinema], move quickly and furtively to the emptiest area you can find.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pandemoniac
释义	pandemoniacadj.n. Brit. /ˌpandᵻˈməʊnɪak/, U.S. /ˌpændəˈmoʊniˌæk/ Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pandemonium n., -ac suffix; pan- comb. form, demoniac adj. Etymology: < pandemonium n. + -ac suffix, after demoniac adj. In sense A. 2 perhaps < pan- comb. form + demoniac adj. A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Pandemonium; infernal; (now in extended use) disorderly, raucous, noisy. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] nethereOE hellena1225 infernalc1374 infern?a1513 hellish1530 helly1532 Avernal?1548 hellic1566 subterrestrial1592 Plutonic1596 Acherontic1597 Plutonical1599 Stygian1601 subterranean1603 Plutonian1604 Acherontical1610 subterraneous1631 subterraneal1643 Tophetical1684 pandemoniac1793 submundane1805 subterrene1809 netherworld1828 pandemonic1833 Acheronian1849 transacherontic1854 Avernian1864 trans-Stygian1899 1793 H. Walpole Let. 3 Oct. in M. Berry Extracts Jrnls. & Corr. (1865) i. 395 I hope this Pandemoniac proposal was suggested by the last sob of despair. 1847 J. R. Lowell Let. 25 July (1932) 20 The number of devils'-aprons thrown up on the beach... I suggest..these portions of the pandemoniac wardrobe are repaired with devils'-darningneedles when they are torn upon the rocks. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 239 To move with the restlessness of condemned spirits at some pandemoniac feast. 1890 T. De W. Talmage From Manger to Throne 45 That awful struggle against pandemoniac cohorts which rode up to trouble, baffle and destroy..the Son of God. 1898 Argosy July 700 The pandemoniac music burst full upon their ears. 1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England xvi. 279 The noise below had swiftly become pandemoniac, but there was not, as yet, an audible sound of crackling flames. 1996 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 25 Feb. 28 A million-strong rock festival..in an enormous, garish, pandemoniac People's Stadium. 1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) xi. 329 Postmodernists offer up a decentered world of endless fragmentation, a field where human identity becomes a moving target and history dissolves into a pandemoniac play of signs and simulacra. †2. Of or relating to all gods or divinities. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > of all the gods pantheon1772 pandemoniac1848 1848 W. R. Williams Lord's Prayer (1854) 217 He..in whose Pandemoniac alembic all religions and all existences are found to coagulate into one Being. B. n. A disorderly, raucous, or noisy person. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > devilish wickedness > devilish or hellish person fiendc1220 Satan?a1513 dragon1568 Luciferian1647 infernal1748 pandemoniac1923 1923 J. Galsworthy Captures 81 Success, power, wealth—those aims of profiteers and premiers, pedagogues and pandemoniacs. 1992 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 June c1/1 If you are stuck next to, behind or in front of any pandemoniacs [sc. in a cinema], move quickly and furtively to the emptiest area you can find. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1793
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