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pan·de·mo·ni·um  audio  (pnd-mn-m) KEY  

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.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Pandæmonium, capital of Hell in Paradise Lost, an epic poem by John Milton : Greek pan-, pan- + Late Latin daemonium, demon (from Greek daimonion, from daimn, lesser god, demon; see demon )

OTHER FORMS:
pande·moni·ac   (-n-k) KEY  (Adjective)


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