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Pandean

[ pan-dee-uhn, pan-dee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the god Pan.


Pandean

/ pænˈdiːən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the god Pan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pandean1

1800–10; Pan + -d- (< ?) + -e- (< Latin -ae ( us )) + -an
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Example Sentences

Might not a one-handed fife be introduced, or a pandean pipe substituted, and fifers totally abolished?

The showman flung his pandean pipe at Pat's snout, and the poor intruder ran howling round the amused throng.

If the people have the syrinx (or Pandean pipe), ascertain the series of musical intervals yielded by its tubes.

Always, while he was preparing some new trick, a man kept playing on the Pandean pipes, and beating a drum at the same time.

Another conceit in the form of a Sphinx or Pandean pipe has been attributed to Theocritus—perhaps without good foundation.

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