panomphean
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Latin panomphaeus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πανομφαῖος (panomphaîos).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpanomphean (comparative more panomphean, superlative most panomphean)
- (archaic) Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining.
- 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Fifth Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
- We want no half gods, Panomphæan Joves.
References
edit- “panomphean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.