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Di⋅o⋅ny⋅sian

   [dahy-uh-nish-uhn, -nis-ee-uhn, -nahy-see-]
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or honoring Dionysus or Bacchus.
2. recklessly uninhibited; unrestrained; undisciplined; frenzied; orgiastic.
Origin:
1600–10; Dionys(us) + -ian
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Di·o·nys·i·an     (dī'ə-nĭsh'ən, -nĭzh'ən, -nĭs'ē-ən)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Greek Mythology
    1. Of or relating to Dionysus.
    2. Of or devoted to the worship of Dionysus.
  2. often dionysian Of an ecstatic, orgiastic, or irrational nature; frenzied or undisciplined: "remained the nearest to the instinctual, the irrational in music, and thus to the Dionysian spirit in art" (Musco Carner).
  3. often dionysian In the philosophy of Nietzsche, of or displaying creative-intuitive power as opposed to critical-rational power.


[From Latin Dionȳsius, from Greek Dionūsios, from Dionūsos, Dionysus.]

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Dionysian 
c.1610, from Gk. Dionysos, god of wine and revelry, identified with Roman Bacchus.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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dionysian

adjective
of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Dionysian

Di`o*ny"sian\, a. Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the Dionysian, or Christian, era.

Dionysian period, a period of 532 years, depending on the cycle of the sun, or 28 years, and the cycle of the moon, or 19 years; -- sometimes called the Greek paschal cycle, or Victorian period.

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