polyphloesboean

adjective

poly·​phloes·​boe·​an

¦pälē¦fles¦bēən,

¦pälə̇¦-,

-sbēən

variants or polyphloisboian

-¦flȯis¦bȯiən

or poluphloisboian

¦päl(y)ə¦-

: loud-roaring

the polyphloesboean sea

Word History

Etymology

Greek polyphloisbos (from poly- + phloisbos confused roaring noise) + English -an; perhaps akin to Greek aphloismos foaming of the mouth, phlidan to be too moist, become soft

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