See Also: Dionysiac(dictionary)

Dionysiac (iou)



Dionysiac noun & adjective. Also dionysiac. E19.
[Late Latin Dionysiacus from Greek Dionusiakos, from Dionusos: see DIONYSIAN, -AC.]
A. noun. In pl. The festivals of Dionysus held at various times of the year in ancient Greece. E19.
B. adjective. = DIONYSIAN adjective 1. M19.
W. A. Percy The gowns..insist on hanging from the..shoulders with something of a Dionysiac abandon.
Dionysiacal adjective = DIONYSIAC adjective M19.
Dionysiacally adverb E19.
Dionysic adjective = DIONYSIAC adjective M19.