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• pandaemonium, pandæmonium

語源

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌpæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.əm/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌpæn.dəˈmoʊ.ni.əm/
• ハイフネーション: (GA) pandamonium
• 韻: -əʊniəm
• ハイフネーション: pan‧de‧mon‧i‧um

名詞

pandemonium (countable and uncountable, plural pandemoniums or pandemonia)

1. A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.

   Synonyms: chaos, bedlam

   • 1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 259:

     Whatever all this pandemonium means, I suppose the police station will help us.

   • 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

     I shall go round to the office and complain. I'll tell you what it is, Mr. Belting: these mansions are becoming a pandemonium, sir, a veritable pandemonium.

   • 2004 October 22, The Boston Globe:

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

2. An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.

   Synonyms: outburst, uproar

   • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 April 2023:

     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.

3. (collective) A group of parrots

   Coordinate terms: herd, school

   Hypernym: flock

   • 2021, Mary Fifield, Fire & Water: Stories from the Anthropocene‎, Black LAwrence Press:

     Clara laughed-"I know!"-and told her about the pandemoniums of parrots that live in the treetops above Los Angeles.

   • 2024 March 22, DWeisman, “Tracking the wild parrots of San Diego County”, in The Escondido Grapevine‎:

     Seen a wild pandemonium of parrots lately? Report it immediately.

   • 2023 November 6, Jacob Margolis, “Who’s Capturing Parrots With Nets In Temple City?”, in LAist‎, archived from the original on 28 July 2026:

     A pandemonium of parrots in a Pasadena tree.

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