PANDEMONIUM


Meaning of PANDEMONIUM in English

— 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.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .