pandemoniac

adjective

pan·​de·​mo·​ni·​ac
¦pandə¦mōnēˌak
variants or less commonly pandemonic
-mänik
or pandemoniacal
¦pandəmə¦nīəkəl
1
: of or relating to or resembling Pandemonium : infernal
2
: having the character of a pandemonium : riotous
several hundred thousand hysterical … youths roaring pandemoniac approvalJ. A. Morris, born 1904

Word History

Etymology

pandemonium + -ac (after demoniac) or -ic (after demonic) or -acal (after demoniacal)

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“Pandemoniac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pandemoniac. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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