pandemonium

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   wild and noisy disorder or confusion

   Pandemonium broke out when the winning goal was scored.

Simplified etymology

Pandemonium was coined by John Milton in Paradise Lost, published in 1667, as the name of Satan’s capital. He formed it from Greek pan, “all,” and daimōn, “demon,” giving the sense “place of all the demons.” It later described centres of wickedness, then noisy places, and by the early 19th century had acquired its usual meaning of wild, noisy disorder.

Coined by John Milton in Paradise Lost (1667) as Pandæmonium, the name of the capital of Hell, the 'place of all demons', from Greek pan 'all' + daimōn 'demon, spirit'.

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