panomphean

English

Alternative forms

• (archaic or archaizing) panomphæan
• panomphaean

Etymology

From Latin panomphaeus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πανομφαῖος (panomphaîos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpænɒmˈfiːən/

Adjective

panomphean (comparative more panomphean, superlative most panomphean)

1. 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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “panomphean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)