Pandean

American  

[pan-dee-uhn, pan-dee-uhn] / pænˈdi ən, ˈpæn di ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the god Pan.

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Pandean British  

/ pænˈdiːən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the god Pan

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Etymology

Origin of Pandean

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

Example Sentences

Sounds of alguja, a kind of Pandean pipe with seven openings, struck our attention; their music was wafted by the wind quite distinctly from somewhere in the wood.

From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)

Ahead of him he saw nothing but dancing sunshine, heard nothing but the Pandean pipes.

From The Auction Block by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

"Stabat Mater," 279, 280; "Improperia," 280; "Missa Papæ Marcelli," 280 Pandean pipes, 98 Pantomime, 43 Parallelism, 25 Passepied, 173 "Passions," 284 et seq.

From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

There was the music—the same Scotch reels and Irish jigs, played on squeaking fiddles, which were made more inharmonious by the accompaniment of shrill Pandean pipes.

From Run to Earth A Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Pandean, pan-dē′an, adj. of or relating to the god Pan.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various