Etymology

dionysian

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to Dionysus. Full definition →

German dionysisch
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  1. German · borrowed fromdionysisch“Dionysian”
  2. English todaydionysian

From German dionysisch (“Dionysian”). Coined by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

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