polyphloisbic means of the sea, noisy, roaring, thundering.
Why “polyphloisbic” is a great word
Of the sea, noisy, roaring, or thundering. Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύφλοισβος (polúphloisbos), from πολύς (polús, "much, many") + φλοῖσβος (phloîsbos, "roar, surge"), with the English suffix -ic. Unlike "placid," which is the mirror of calm and glassy stillness, or "murmuring," which implies a confidential and gentle undertone, polyphloisbic is the sea at full voice. It is the concussion of green water against granite cliffs, the deep organ-note of a groundswell beneath a storm, and the unrelenting thunder of water hurling itself against unyielding stone—the sound of the world's old, indifferent power asserting itself over every quieter human endeavor.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύφλοισβος (polúphloisbos, “loud‐roaring”).
adj
- Of the sea, noisy, roaring, thundering.