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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pandean¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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