polyphloesboean
adjective
poly·phloes·boe·an
¦pälē¦fles¦bēən,
¦pälə̇¦-,
-sbēən
variants or polyphloisboian or poluphloisboian
-¦flȯis¦bȯiən
¦päl(y)ə¦-
: loud-roaring
the polyphloesboean sea
Word History
Etymology
Greek polyphloisbos (from poly- + phloisbos confused roaring noise) + English -an; perhaps akin to Greek aphloismos foaming of the mouth, phlidan to be too moist, become soft