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Panomphæan, -ean, a.|pænɒmˈfiːən|
[f. Gr. πανοµϕαῖ-ος, f. παν- all + ὀµϕή voice of a god, oracular response: an epithet of Zeus.]
Of or pertaining to Zeus, as sender of all ominous voices. (Misused humorously in French by Rabelais, and misunderstood by Cockeram, etc.)
1623Cockeram, Panomphean, All hearing. 1656Blount Glossogr., Panomphean..pertaining to Jupiter. 1694Motteux Rabelais v. xlvi, Trinc is a Panomphean Word, that is a Word understood, us'd and celebrated by all Nations and signifies Drink. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh v. 114 We want no half-gods, Panomphaean Joves.
So Panomˈphaic, Paˈnomphic adjs. (nonce-wds.)
1822T. L. Peacock Maid Marian xvii. 266 That very Panomphic Pantagruelian saint, well known..as a female divinity, by the name of La Dive Bouteille. 1878J. Thomson Plenip. Key 7 Whose supreme oracle is the panomphaic Trincq. |