polyphloisbic

English

Alternative forms

• polyphloesboean
• polyphloisboian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύφλοισβος (polúphloisbos, “loud‐roaring”).

Adjective

polyphloisbic (comparative more polyphloisbic, superlative most polyphloisbic)

1. (poetic, of the sea) noisy, roaring, thundering
   • 1915, Rupert Brooke, letter to Violet Bonham Carter, quoted in William Manchester, The Last Lion, page 518.

     Will Hero’s Tower crumble under 15-inch guns? Will the sea be polyphloisbic and wine dark and unvintageable?