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Dionysiac

/daɪəˈnɪziæk/ · adj

Meaning

  1. wild and ecstatic
  2. Of, or relating to Dionysus or to the Dionysia.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Latin Dionȳsiacus, from Ancient Greek Διονυσιακός (Dionusiakós), from Δῐόνῡσος (Dĭónūsos, “Dionysus”) + -ακός (-akós).

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