~ 1
■ noun sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety.
↘ informal frenzied hurry to do something.
■ verb ( ~s , ~king , ~ked ) be affected by or cause to feel ~.
↘( ~ someone into ) drive someone through ~ into (hasty or rash action).
Phrases
~ stations Brit. informal a state of alarm or emergency.
Derivatives
~ky adjective
Origin
C17: from Fr. panique , from mod. L. ~us , from Gk panikos , from the name of the Greek god Pan , noted for causing terror.
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~ 2
(also ~ grass )
■ noun a cereal or fodder grass of a group including millet. [ Panicum and other genera.]
Origin
ME: from L. ~um , from panus 'ear of millet' (lit. 'thread wound on a bobbin'), based on Gk pēnos 'web', pēnion 'bobbin'.