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Dionysiac

[ dahy-uh-nis-ee-ak, -nahy-see- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Dionysia or to Dionysus; Bacchic.


Dionysiac

/ ˌdaɪəˈnɪzɪˌæk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Dionysus or his worship
  2. a less common word for Dionysian


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Other Words From

  • Di·o·ny·si·a·cal·ly [dahy-, uh, -ni-, sahy, -ik-lee], adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Dionysiac1

1820–30; < Latin Dionȳsiacus < Greek Dionȳsiakós, equivalent to Diónȳs ( os ) Dionysus + -i- derivative stem vowel + -akos -ac

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Example Sentences

This is the place of meeting and residence66 of the Dionysiac artists (who travel about) Ionia as far as the Hellespont.

London, indeed, would be the better for the infusion of a more Dionysiac spirit into her sthetic appreciations and ideals.

The theater originated in the Dionysiac mysteries of the Greeks, in which dramatic action and responsive choruses were employed.

Three men only stood firm, facing the new Dionysiac revel, to see what would come of it.

He therefore united them in a society, similar in many respects to that of the Dionysiac artificers.

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