panoply

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panoply

  • /ˈpænəpli/

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πανοπλία (panoplía, “suit of armour”).

noun panoplies

  1. A splendid display of something. Even though we cannot affirm that the products of mimesis are invested in the panoply of existence.
  2. broadly, historical A collection or display of weaponry.
  3. Ceremonial garments, complete with all accessories.
  4. historical A complete set of armour. Stand then in His great Might, / With all His Strength endu'd, / And take, to arm you for the Fight / The Panoply of God; […]
  5. broadly Something that covers and protects. [I]n short, sneering and fleering at him in her cold barren way; all which, however, he, the man he was, could receive on thick enough panoply, or even rebound therefrom, and also go his way.
  6. broadly A broad or full range or complete set. Near-synonyms: plenitude, plentitude, plenty, cornucopia

    Similar: plenitude, plentitude, plenty, cornucopia

verb panoplies · panoplying · panoplied

  1. To fit out in a suit of armour
  2. To array or bedeck

Translations

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noun splendid display of something

DeutschPalette, Spektrum

noun collection or display of weaponry

Españolpanoplia
Portuguêspanóplia
Ελληνικάοπλοστάσιο oplostásio

noun complete set of armour

Españolpanoplia
Portuguêspanóplia
Françaispanoplie
DeutschRüstung
Italianopanoplia
Ελληνικάπανοπλία panoplía
Русскийдоспех dospex

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@misc{panoply_2026,
  title = {panoply},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/panoply},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}