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polyphloisbic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of the sea, noisy, roaring, thundering.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: poetic

Examples

  • 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?

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History

Etymology

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