English Explanatory Dictionary

Armageddon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.
  2. The battle itself.
  3. Any end of the world, especially by way of a cataclysmic battle or something analogous to one.
noun
  1. The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.
  2. Any great and crucial conflict.
  3. A type of game, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw, where black wins drawn games and white is given more time as compensation.

Pronunciation

/ˌɑː.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/ /-ˈɡɛ.dən/ /ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Armageddon.wav /ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/ /ɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛd.ʔn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-armageddon.wav [ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛɾ.ʔn] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-armageddon.wav

Word forms

Armageddon armageddons

Etymology

From Middle English Hermagedon, from Old English Ermagedon, from Latin Harmagedōn, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών (Harmagedṓn), used in Revelation 16:16, referring to Mount Megiddo, the place of the last battle at the Last Judgment; from Hebrew הר מגידו / הַר מְגִדּוֹ (har megiddo).

Synonyms

Apocalypse Final Judgment catastrophe day of reckoning destruction disaster doomsday judgement day nuclear holocaust end times end of the world

Derived words

-ageddon Carmageddon cicada-geddon hairmageddon insectageddon snowmageddon
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