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panoply
pan·o·ply / ˈpanəplē/ • n. a complete or impressive collection of things: a deliciously inventive panoply of insults. ∎ a splendid display: all the panoply of Western religious liturgy. ∎ hist. or poetic/lit. a complete set of arms or suit of armor. DERIVATIVES: pan·o·plied / -plēd/ adj. |
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"panoply." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "panoply." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-panoply.html "panoply." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-panoply.html |
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panoply
panoply. Sculpted representation of the parts of a suit of armour, with various weapons, arranged decoratively in a heap, in schemes of military decoration.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "panoply." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "panoply." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-panoply.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "panoply." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-panoply.html |
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panoply
panoply complete suit of armour. XVII. — F. panoplie or modL. panoplia — Gr. panoplíā, f. PAN- + hópla arms.
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T. F. HOAD. "panoply." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "panoply." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-panoply.html T. F. HOAD. "panoply." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-panoply.html |
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Panoply
Panoplythe equipment of a warrior. |
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"Panoply." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Panoply." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301068.html "Panoply." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301068.html |
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panoply •biyearly, really, yearly
•Beardsley • lawyerly • immediately
•hourly • cowardly • surely • marbly
•pebbly
•neighbourly (US neighborly)
•dribbly, scribbly
•Kimberley
•bobbly, wobbly
•Stromboli
•bubbly, lubberly, rubbly, stubbly
•husbandly • hyperbole
•creaturely, teacherly
•Wycherley • elderly
•fiddly, twiddly
•orderly • puddly
•Offaly, waffly
•snuffly
•straggly, waggly
•spangly • laggardly • beggarly
•jiggly, squiggly, wiggly, wriggly
•niggardly • sluggardly • leisurely
•gingerly • soldierly • curmudgeonly
•rascally • treacly • tickly • broccoli
•knuckly • melancholy • sailorly
•scholarly • gentlemanly • seamanly
•anomaly • yeomanly • womanly
•mannerly • panoply • Connolly
•Gallipoli, ripply, tripoli
•dimply
•monopoly, oligopoly
•rumply • purply • matronly
•squirrelly • scoundrelly • Thessaly
•thistly • tinselly • muscly
•Natalie, philately, rattly
•dastardly
•headmasterly, masterly
•schoolmasterly • westerly • painterly
•easterly • Italy • winterly
•sisterly, systole
•writerly • doctorly • quarterly
•fatherly • grandfatherly • weatherly
•northerly
•brotherly, motherly, southerly
•grandmotherly • gravelly • Beverley
•weaselly • frizzly • wizardly • miserly
•Rosalie
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"panoply." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "panoply." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-panoply.html "panoply." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-panoply.html |
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