panomphean 
We want no half-gods, Patvimphean Joves. 
Urt. Brmrmny, Aurora Leigh, v. 
panophobia (pan-o-fo'bi-ii), H. [NL., < Or. irar 
(JTOV-), all (or Udv, Pan: see pnitir*), + -^oflia, 
< fi-JeaUai, fear.] Morbid, vague, and ground- 
less fear, us seen in melancholia. 
panophthalmia (pan-of-tlml'mi-ij >, . [NL., < 
Gr. jrof (irav-), all, + E. ophthalmia.] Same ax 
panophthnliiiilix. 
panophthalmitisfpan-of-thal-mi'tis), . [NL., 
< Gr. irdc (rnv-), all, + NL. ophthalmitis.] In- 
flammation of the entire eyeball. 
panoplied (pan'6-plid), a. [(.panoply + -erf*.] 
Wearing a panoply or full suit of armor. 
Sound lull one bugle blast ! Lo ! -at the sign 
Armies all panoplied wheel Into line ! 
0. W. Holma, Freedom, Our Queen. 
panoplist (pan'o-plist), . [<;ii/</-// + -i.it.'] 
One completely clad in defensive armor, or pro- 
vided with a panoply. 
panoply (pan'o-pli), M. [< F.panoplie = Sp. Pg. 
It. panoplia, < Gr. iravoirMa, a full suit of armor, 
< n-df (TTOV-), all, + 5rr/, armor : see hoplite.] 1 . 
A complete set or suit of arms, offensive and 
defensive; the complete defensive armor of 
any period, especially that from the fifteenth 
century onward, when all the pieces were of 
wrought steel and accurately adapted to their 
purpose: often used figuratively. 
He, In celestial panoply all arm'd 
Of radiant Mini work divinely wrought. 
Ascended. Miltnn, P. L., vl. 760. 
Last cnme the knightly Normans, In their mall shirts and 
hoods of steel, with til the panoply of chivalry. 
Scott, Kenilworth, xsxvil. 
2. A group or assemblage of pieces of defensive 
armor, with or without weapons, arranged as a 
sort of trophy. 
panopticon (pan-op'ti-kon), n. [< Gr. va( (irav-), 
all, + 6jrr<i>>, neut. of imrusAt, of or for seeing: 
see optic. Cf . Gr. irav6imit, all-seeing, irAixmrof, 
seen of all.] 1. A proposed prison of supervi- 
sion, so arranged that the inspector can see each 
of the prisoners at all times without being seen 
by them : proposed by Jeremy Bentham. 
In a Panopticon, what can be the necessity of curious 
locks? . . . Lock-picking is an operation that requires time 
and experiment, and liberty to work at It unobserved. 
What prisoner picks locks before a keeper's face? 
Bentham, Panopticon, postscript, L 1 14. 
2. An exhibition-room for novelties, etc. Art 
Journal. 
panorama (pan-o-ra'ma), . [= F. 8p. Pg. It. 
panorama, < NL. panorama, < Gr. Trdf (TOV-), all, 
+ upa/ui, a view, < itpav, see.] 1. A complete 
or entire view: also, a picture representing a 
wide or general view, as of a tract of country. 
Before me lay the whole panorama of the Alps. 
Longfellow, Hyperion, 111. 7. 
2. A picture representing scenes too extended 
to be [beheld at once, and so exhibited a part 
at a time by being unrolled and made to pass 
continuously before the spectator. 3. A cy- 
clorama : in this sense also called circular pano- 
rama. 
panoramic (pan-o-ram'ik), a. [= F. panora- 
inique; &s panorama + -ic.] Pertaining to or of 
the nature of a panorama Panoramic camera, 
a photographic camera especially devised for the taking 
of panoramic views. The camera Is caused to rotate by 
clockwork, or otherwise, the plate being at the same time 
automatically moved so that, as the lens Is turned toward 
successive parts of the landscape, fresh parts of the plate 
are constantly exposed through an aperture In a mask 
in the camera, until, if desired, a complete revolution has 
been accomplished. A picture made with this apparatus 
differs from an ordinary picture in that It is not a simple 
view, such as is seen at a glance In nature, but such a view 
as would appear to the eye could it be directed on all sides 
simultaneously. Also called pantotcope, or pantoncopic 
camera. Panoramic lens, a wide-angled rectilinear lens ; 
a lenscapable of projecting views which Include 90 or more 
of angular extent. 
panoramical (pan-o-ram'i-kal), . [< panoram- 
ic + -at.] Same as panoramic. 
panoramically (pan-o-ram'i-kal-i), adv. As in 
a panorama; like a panorama: as, panorami- 
ci/lli/ changing states. 
Panbrpa (pa-n6r'pa), n. [NL. (Linnaeus, 1748), 
intended for 'Panarpe (f), < Gr. ffof (irav-), all, 
+ a/m>/, a sickle.] A genus of neuropters of 
the family PMOrpfctoar order Panorpatee, hav- 
ing well-developed narrow wings, setaceous an- 
lonnfe, and serrated tarsal claws. The adults are 
commonly called Korpion-JKa. The eggs are laid In shal- 
low holes In the ground. The larvie resemble caterpillars, 
and are probably carnivorous. The genus formerly corre- 
sponded to the whole family, but is now restricted to such 
species as P. communi* or <iennanifa, the common scor- 
pion-fly of Europe, or the American P. rttfettcent. They 
are delicate Insects, but have a means of defense In emit- 
ting a disagreeable odor when molested. See cut In next 
column. 
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pansy 
. [< 
-f- *kerd.] 
Scorpion-fly {Panerfa ttupttattt). 
( Lower flfure allows terminal portion of body in profile.) 
Panorpat'ae (pan-dr-pa'te), H. pi. [NL., < Pa- 
imrpa + term, -atte, pi. of -ata.] A group of 
insects named by Latreille in 1803 as a section 
of the neuropterous family Planipennen, conter- 
minous with the family'Panorp'd, but regarded 
by Brauer and others as an order. Also named 
\1< -cn/iti i-d by Packard. See Mecoptera. 
Panorpida (pa-n6r'pi-de), n. pi. [NL. (Ste- 
phens, 1835), < Panorpa + -idx.] A family of 
\i iiroptera, conterminous with the order Panor- 
pate (or Mecoptera), containing the scorpion- 
flies of the genus Panorpa and their near allies 
of the genera Boreas, Bittactis, and Merope. The 
mouth is rostrate, the head exserted, the prothorax small, 
and the tarsi are five-jointed. The abdomen enda In a 
forclpate appendage likened to the tail of a scorpion. 
These Insects are of slender, weak form, with four wings, 
a small constricted prothorax. the head produced Into a 
beak, long filiform antennas, long slender legs, three ocelli, 
and the wings little netted and variously spotted. They 
are found in damp places ; the larvie are terrestrial, and 
In general resemble caterpillars. So far as known, they 
are carnivorous. See cut under Panorpa. 
panorpine (pa-n6r'pin), a. [< Panorpa + 
-ine 1 .] Resembling a scorpion-fly; of or per- 
taining to the Panorpidie. 
panotitis (pan-o-ti'tis), n. [< Gr. iraf (irav-), all, 
+ ovf (ur-), ear ; + -itis. Cf. otitu.] Inflam- 
mation of the middle and internal ear. 
panpharmacon (pan-far'ma-kon), n. [NL., 
prop, "pampharmacon (of. Gr. ira/if&p/Miu>t, 
skilled in all drugs), < Gr. irdf (irav-), all, + 
ijiap/iaKov, drug: see pharmacon.] A universal 
medicine. Scott. 
panphobia (pan-fo'bi-8), H. Same as panto- 
phobia. 
Pan-pipe (pan ' pip), . Same as Pan's pipes 
(which see, under pipe 1 ). 
At the end of the lime-tree avenue Is a broken-noted 
damp Faun with a marble panpipe, who pipes to the spirit 
ditties which I believe never had any tune. 
Thackeray, Newcomes, xlvii. 
Pan-Presbyterian (pan'pres-bi-te'ri-an), a. [< 
pan- + Presbyterian.] Pertaining to or repre- 
senting the entire body of Christians who pro- 
fess the doctrines and hold to the polity com- 
mon to the various Presbyterian bodies: as, a 
Pan-Presbyterian Council. General councils of the 
"Alliance of the Reformed Churches throughout the world 
holding the Presbyterian system " were held at Edinburgh 
in 1877, at Philadelphia In 1880, at Belfast, Ireland, In 1884, 
and at London In 1888. 
pan-pudding (pan'pud'ing). n. A pancake. 
[Eng.] 
The pan-pudding* of Shropshire, tile white puddings of 
Somersetshire, the hasty-puddings of Harashlre, ana the 
pudding pyes of any shire, all Is one to him, nothing comes 
amiss. John Taylor, Works (1630). (Xarei.) 
pan-rock (pan'rok), . The rockflsh, Soccus 
liiicntuH, when of a size suitable for frying. 
panst, n- pi- A Middle Knglish variant of pence. 
Pansclayic, Pansclavism, etc. Variants of 
Panslaric, etc. 
panset, n. [OF. : see paunch.} The projecting 
part of a doublet in front. (See doublet, 4.) It 
was copied in the steel breastplate of the time 
it was in use. 
panser (pan'ser), H. [< OF. panniere, < pansr, 
/inner, the belly: see paunch.] 
The armor for the lower part 
of the body in front, as distin- 
guished from that covering the 
breast and that of the back. 
The panser either covered the body as 
far up as the nipples, the upper part 
having a gorget or some similar pro- 
tection for the throat, or. especially in 
the fifteenth century, was confined to 
the protection of the abdomen, and was bolted either to 
the plastron above or to the brlgandlne, to which It formed 
an additional defense. 
Panser made to 
be applied over a 
iTigiimline or (ram- 
beson ; ulh or i5th 
century. 
pansherd i pa 
Src tin- quotation. 
What becomes of the rest of the earthen materials the 
unsound bricks or " bats," the old plaster and mortar, the 
refuse slates and tiles and chimney-pots, the broken pans 
and dluhr* and other crocks In a word, the potsherds 
and paniherdi, as the rubbish carters call them what 
Is done with these? 
Mni/hrw, London Labour and London Poor, II. 320. 
panshont (pan'shon), n. An obsolete variant 
of pancheon. 
pansied (pan'zid), a. [Appar. < OF. panne, 
peniie, pp. of panser, penxtr, think, consider, 
also dress, arrange, etc. (see pansy), + -eift.] 
Conceited that w, extravagantly or gaudily 
adorned. 
In 23 Hen. VIII. It was ordered "that no Gentleman 
being Fellow of a House should wear any cut or panned 
Hose or Bryches, nr panned Doublet, upon pain of putting 
out of the House." y. and Q., 7th ser., II. 101. 
pansiere. . Same as pouter. 
Panslavic (pan-slav'ik), a. [< pan- + Slavic.] 
Pertaining to all the Slavic races or to Pan- 
slavism. 
Panslavism (pan-slav'izm), n. [< Pnnxlar(ic) 
+ -uni.] 1. The plan of or a desire for a unity 
of civilization and literature among Slavic peo- 
ples. 2. A scheme or movement for effecting 
the union of all Slavic peoples in a confedera- 
tion under the hegemony of Russia (or, as some 
propose, under the hegemony of a resuscitated 
Poland). 
Panslavist (pan-slav'ist), M. [< Panglac(ic) + 
-itt.] An adherent or promoter of Panslavism. 
A genuine Pamtamtt . . . that party which Is con- 
stantly crying out against the Introduction Into Russia of 
foreign ideas, institutions, or manners. 
Contemporary lire.. [.II. 580. 
Panslayistic (pan-sla-vU'tik), a. [< Panslav- 
int + -ic.] Of or pertaining to Panslavism or 
Panslavists ; advocating Panslavism. 
Panslavonic (pan-sla-von'ik), a. [< pan- + 
Slavonic.] Panslavic. 
pansophical (pan-sof'i-kal), a. [< pansoph-y + 
-ic-al.] Having, or pretending to have, a know- 
ledge of everything; relating to universal wis- 
dom or knowledge. 
It were to be wished, Indeed, that it were done into 
Latin . . . for the hnmbling of many conceited enthusi* 
asts and panvipMral pretenders. 
WoriMngton, To llartlib, p. 231. (Latham.) 
pansophy (pan's9-fl), n. [= F. pansophie = Pg. 
pansophia, < Gr. as if *7ravoo<pia t < irdwoiof, all- 
wise, < irdf (JTOV-), all, 4- o-o^of, wise.] Univer- 
sal wisdom or knowledge. [Rare.] 
The French philosophers affect ... a sort of parunphy 
or universality of command over the opinions of men, 
which can only be supported by the arts of deception. 
Boothby, On Burke, p. 266. (Latham.) 
panspermatism (pan-sper'ma-tizm), n. [< Gr. 
jrdf (vav-), all, + ontp/ui (oirtp/iar-), seed, + -ixm.] 
The doctrine that the atmosphere is full of in- 
visible germs of infusorial and other animal- 
cules. The term is especially applied to the doctrine 
that all cases of apparent spontaneous generation are In 
fact due to the presence of such germs : and also to the 
germ-theory of disease. Also pantpennia, pantperanm, 
panipermy. 
The hypothesis, devised by Spallanzanl, that the atmo- 
sphere Is full of Invisible germs which can penetrate 
through the smallest crevices. This hypothesis Is cur- 
rently known as pampennatwm. or the "theory of omni- 
present germs," or (less cumbrously) as the "germ- 
theory." J. Fitlre, Cosmic Phllos., I. 420. 
panspermatist (pan-sper'ma-tist), 11. [ < pan- 
sperntat(igm) + -tut.] One w'ho accepts the doc- 
trine of panspermatism. Also panspermist. 
panspermia (Dan-sper'mi-ft), n. [NL., < Gr. 
xavovtpuia, mixture of all seeds: see pan- 
spermy.\ Same as panxpermatism. 
panspermic (pan-sper'mik), a. [< pansperm-y 
+ -io.] Of or relating to panspermatism. 
panspermism (pan-sper'mizm), n. [< pan- 
sperm-y + ->m.J Same as pangpermatism. 
panspermist (pan-sper'mist), n. [< pausperm-y 
+ -tst.] Same as panxpermatist. 
panspermy (pan-sper'mi), n. [< F. pangpemtie, 
< Gr. iraixnrepjua, mixture of all seeds, < rdf (ITOV-), 
all, + oirfp/ja, seed: see sperm.] Same as;>- 
ttpermatigm. 
panstereorama (pan-ster'e-o-ra'mft), n. [NL., 
< Gr. jrof (irar-), all, + <rrf'pc6f, solid, + opa/ia, 
view. Cf. imnttrnmfi.] A model, in relief, of a 
town or country in wood, cork, pasteboard, or 
other material. 
pan sway, ". Sccyx/HrAiray. 
pansy (pan'zi). n. ; pi. pansics(-iiz). [Formerly 
also pangie, paunsie (dial, also formerly panee, 
paunceY. < OF.pensee, F. pmsee (> NGr. xevafc). 
pansy, heart's-ease, lit. 'thought' (remem- 
brance), < penxer (pp. fern, pensee). think: gee 
