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pandemonium

noun

pan·​de·​mo·​ni·​um ˌpan-də-ˈmō-nē-əm How to pronounce pandemonium (audio)
1
: a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
Pandemonium erupted in the courtroom when the verdict was announced.
The game is stopped on account of pandemonium: players and spectators are screaming and staggering around the court … Darcy Frey
also : a chaotic situation
It is obvious that pandemonium would exist at most uncontrolled airports if every pilot did not conscientiously follow the traffic pattern. Joseph W. Benkert
2
capitalized : the capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost
3
capitalized : the infernal regions : hell
the demons of Pandemonium

Word History

Etymology

pan- + Late Latin daemonium "evil spirit," borrowed from Greek daimónion "evil spirit," earlier "divine power, inferior divine being," derivative of daímōn "divinity, divine power, individual destiny" (with -ium probably to be read as Latin -ium or Greek -eion, suffixes of place) — more at demon

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of pandemonium was in 1667

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