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

The first wooden flutes were doubtless the Pandean pipes, in which the tone was produced by blowing across the open ends of hollow reeds.

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

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

From The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People by Myrtle, Harriet

Players and riders,—men and women,—clothed in gay raiments, rendered brilliant with spangles, paced backwards and forwards along their platforms to the sound of drums, organs, and Pandean pipes, cymbals, tambourines, and castanets.

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.

This was done in ancient as it is in modern times, by playing the Pandean pipes.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John

Tell Fang Kuan to sing us the 'Hsün Meng' ballad; and let only flutes and Pandean pipes be used.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft