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Belshazzarian

Belshazzarian adjective: excessively lavish, especially of a feast or banquet.

Adjective

Belshazzarian (comparative more Belshazzarian, superlative most Belshazzarian)

  1. excessively lavish, especially of a feast or banquet
    • And it was a Belshazzarian feast and the handwriting of destruction was on the wall.1916, Roy Larcom McCardell, The Diamond from the Sky: A Romantic Novel, page 366
    Synonyms:
    Belshazzaresque

Synonyms of Belshazzarian

Forms of Belshazzarian

comparativemore Belshazzarian
superlativemost Belshazzarian

Origin of Belshazzarian

From Belshazzar + -ian, in reference to the biblical king Belshazzar or Balthazar, whose blasphemy and arrogance at a lavish feast led to his overthrow by God.

Questions about Belshazzarian

What does Belshazzarian mean?
Belshazzarian means excessively lavish, especially of a feast or banquet.
What part of speech is Belshazzarian?
Belshazzarian is an adjective.

Words near Belshazzarian in the dictionary

  1. Belses
  2. Belsey
  3. Belshaw
  4. Belshazzar
  5. Belshazzaresque
  6. Belshazzarian
  7. Belshazzars
  8. Belshe
  9. Belshes
  10. belsire
  11. belsires

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