English

Adjective

polyphloisbic ‎(comparative more polyphloisbic, superlative most polyphloisbic)

1. (of the sea) noisy, roaring, thundering

   "'Will Hero’s Tower crumble under 15-inch guns? Will the sea be polyphloisbic and wine dark and unvintageable?'" --Rupert Brooke, en route to the Bosporus, as quoted by William Manchester in his Churchill biography, The Last Lion, page 518.