pandemonium • (noun) \pan-duh-MOH-nee-um\

hear it again hear it again

: a wild uproar
: tumult

Example sentence:
Pandemonium broke out after the deliveryman accidentally dropped a box of white lab mice and the suddenly freed animals went scurrying through the crowded hall.

Etymology:
John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost retells the biblical story of Adam and Eve's fall from grace. In his version of the story, Milton named the capital of Hell "Pandemonium." He combined two Greek terms, "pan," meaning "all," and "daimon," meaning "evil spirit," to name that city where all demons gathered at their leader's command. Over time, "pandemonium" came to be used as a name for any wicked, lawless place, and eventually for any chaotic place.

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