פּוּלְמוֹס, פֻּלְמוֹס m.n. (pl. פּוּלְמוֹסִים, also פּוּלְמוֹסִיּוֹת) PBH 1 war. NH 2 polemic. [From Gk. polemos (= war), which is related to pelemixein (= to shake, cause to tremble), from IE * pelem–, enlargement of base * pel– (= to shake, swing). cp. ‘polemic’ in my CEDEL and words there referred to. cp. also פּוּלְסָא, פָּפִילְיוֹן and the first element in פּוֹלֵימַרְכוֹס.] Derivatives: פלמס, פּוּלְמוֹסִי, פּוּלְמוֹסָן, פּוּלְמוֹסָנִי.