pan|o|ply

pan|o|ply
pan|o|ply «PAN uh plee», noun, plural -plies, verb, -plied, -ply|ing.
–n.
1. a complete suit of armor: »

In arms they stood Of golden panoply, refulgent host (Milton).

2. Figurative. a) complete equipment or covering: »

an Indian in panoply of paint and feathers. The panoply swells with new weapons which complement the old (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).

 b) any splendid array: »

That night, the Faery, usually so homely in her attire, appeared in a glittering panoply of enormous uncut jewels (Lytton Strachey).

–v.t.
to furnish with a panoply: »

Figurative. A rhymed commentary panoplied by snatches or entire choruses of some thirty Irving Berlin songs (New Yorker).

╂[< Greek panoplíā the full armor of a hoplite < pan- all + hópla arms, neuter plural of hóplon tool, implement]

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