— pandemoniac, pandemoniacal /pan'deuh meuh nuy"euh keuhl/ , pandemonic /pan'deuh mon"ik/ , adj. — pandemonian , adj. , n.
/pan'deuh moh"nee euhm/ , n.
1. wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
2. a place or scene of riotous uproar or utter chaos.
3. ( often cap. ) the abode of all the demons.
4. hell.
[ 1660-70; after Pandaemonium, Milton's name in Paradise Lost for the capital of hell; see PAN-, DEMON, -IUM ]
Syn. 1, 2. bedlam, turmoil, babel.