pandemonium

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pandemonium

/ˌpæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.əm/ UK
/ˌpæn.dəˈmoʊ.ni.əm/ US

Rhymes with -əʊniəm

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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”).

noun pandemoniums · pandemonia · pandaemonium · pandæmonium

countable, uncountable A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent. Whatever all this pandemonium means, I suppose the police station will help us.
Similar: chaos, bedlam
countable, uncountable An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd. 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.
Similar: outburst, uproar
collective, countable, uncountable A group of parrots Clara laughed-"I know!"-and told her about the pandemoniums of parrots that live in the treetops above Los Angeles.

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noun chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder

Español	pandemonio, pandemónium
Português	pandemônio, pandemónio, caos
Français	chaos
Deutsch	Tohuwabohu, Tumult, Anarchie, Hexensabbat
Ελληνικά	πανδαιμόνιο pandaimónio, χαμός chamós, της τρελής tis trelís
Română	pandemoniu, haos

noun an outburst; loud, riotous uproar

Português	confusão, balbúrdia, tumulto
Français	chaos, charivari, tumulte, chahut, tohu-bohu
Deutsch	Aufruhr, Gewaltausbruch, Hexensabbat
Ελληνικά	πανδαιμόνιο pandaimónio
Română	haos

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@misc{pandemonium_2026,
  title = {pandemonium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pandemonium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}