polyphloisbic

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adjective

Of the sea, noisy, roaring, thundering.

OriginAncient Greek πολύφλοισβος →
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Meanings

adjectivepolyphloisbic (comparative more polyphloisbic, superlative most polyphloisbic)

comparative more polyphloisbic · superlative most polyphloisbic · alternative polyphloesboean · alternative polyphloisboian

  1. poeticOf the sea, noisy, roaring, thundering.

    1915, Rupert Brooke, letter to Violet Bonham Carter, quoted in William Manchester, The Last Lion, page 518. Will Hero’s Tower crumble under 15-inch guns? Will the sea be polyphloisbic and wine dark and unvintageable?

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπολύφλοισβος“loud‐roaring”
  2. Englishpolyphloisbic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύφλοισβος (polúphloisbos, “loud‐roaring”).

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APA

polyphloisbic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyphloisbic

MLA

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Chicago

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