Pronunciation: ['pæ-nê-plee or -pli] Listen
Definition: A full suit of armor; an impressive array of something rich and lustrous.
[@more@]Usage: Today's word is an orphan except that it may be used as a verb. Mark Twain in "The Gilded Age" (1873) wrote, "It would be…judicious to send her forth well panoplied for her work. So he had added new and still richer costumes to her wardrobe, and assisted their attractions with costly jewelry"
Suggested Usage: Keep in mind that Greek pan- means "full" so "full panoply" is redundant ("in full panoply" meaning "in full dress" is idiomatic and escapes this caveat): "Herbert supports a panoply of good causes, all of which benefit him in some direct or indirect way." The referent should be at least nominally bright and shining. "A panoply of rotten vegetables" doesn't work but, "The hall was bedecked with photographs of the presidential panoply that had brought the company to its current sorry pass," works better, apparently, than did the presidents it mentions.
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