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dionysiac

/daɪəˈnɪziæk/UK/daɪəˈnɪziæk/

dionysiac adjective: wild and ecstatic.

Adjective (1)

dionysiac (comparative more dionysiac, superlative most dionysiac)

  1. wild and ecstatic
    Synonyms:
    dionysian

Adjective (2) capitalized: Dionysiac

Dionysiac (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to Dionysus or to the Dionysia.
    • Near-synonyms: dionysiac, dionysian; Bacchic; Bacchanalian

Synonyms of dionysiac

Forms of dionysiac

comparativemore dionysiac
superlativemost dionysiac

Origin of dionysiac

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

Questions about dionysiac

What does dionysiac mean?
Dionysiac means wild and ecstatic.
What part of speech is dionysiac?
Dionysiac is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dionysiac?
Dionysiac is pronounced /daɪəˈnɪziæk/ (UK).

Words near dionysiac in the dictionary

  1. dionychan
  2. dionychans
  3. dionym
  4. dionyms
  5. dionysia
  6. dionysiac
  7. Dionysiacal
  8. Dionysiacally
  9. dionysian
  10. Dionysians
  11. dionysias

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