Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pandean pipes

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pan-dean pipes
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"Pandean pipes whereon the winds would play, Long rows of chimney-pots the ridges crown; And black on slates and skylights flicker and frown Shadows of smoke that streams and wings that sway."
"To me at my fifth-floor window The chimney-pots in rows Are sets of pipes pandean For every wind that blows;"

Etymology

From Pan (Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man) + pipes.

Questions

What does pandean pipes mean?: Panpipes.
Where does pandean pipes come from?: From Pan (Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man) + pipes.

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