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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pan•de•mo•ni•um /ˌpændəˈmoʊniəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- wild or noisy uproar or disorder:Pandemonium erupted in the hall after her racist remarks.
- a place or scene of complete chaos, uproar, or disorder:The room was pandemonium.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pan•de•mo•ni•um (pan′də mō′nē əm),USA pronunciation n. - wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- a place or scene of riotous uproar or utter chaos.
- (often cap.) the abode of all the demons.
- hell.
- 1660–70; after Pandaemonium, Milton's name in Paradise Lost for the capital of hell; see pan-, demon, -ium
pan′de•mo′ni•ac′, pan•de•mo•ni•a•cal (pan′də mə nī′ə kəl),USA pronunciation pan•de•mon•ic (pan′də mon′ik),USA pronunciation adj. pan′de•mo′ni•an, adj., n. - 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bedlam, turmoil, babel.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pandemonium /ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm/ n - wild confusion; uproar
- a place of uproar and chaos
Etymology: 17th Century: coined by Milton to designate the capital of hell in Paradise Lost, from pan- + Greek daimōn demon |