1600-1700Pandaemonium city of evil spirits in the poem Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton, from Greekpan- ( ➔ PAN-) + daimon ‘evil spirit’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
All around me the pandemonium continued.
Can you imagine the pandemonium we caused?
It's pandemonium, because people can't get up.
The bar ran along the back of the crowded room, and it looked like pandemonium in that region.
The barrage ignited waves of pandemonium, as parents by the scores rushed to the school, which has 700 pupils.
The room dissolved into a pandemonium of quips and shouts as viewers recognized themselves or their friends on the video.
The visitor would understandably back off quickly and there would either be pandemonium or an utter, stunned silence.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►There was ... pandemonium
There was complete pandemonium in the kitchen.
►pandemonium broke out
When the verdict was read pandemonium broke out in the courtroom.
a situation in which there is a lot of noise because people are angry, confused or frightenedSYN chaos: There was complete pandemonium in the kitchen. When the verdict was read pandemonium broke out in the courtroom.