dionysiac

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UK/daɪəˈnɪziæk//daɪəˈniːziæk//diːə-/

adjective

wild and ecstatic

“Near-synonyms: dionysiac, dionysian; Bacchic; Bacchanalian”

Similar
dionysiandionysiacBacchicBacchanalian
OriginLatin Dionȳsiacus ← Ancient Greek Διονυσιακός →
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Meanings

dionysiac1

adjectivedionysiac (comparative more dionysiac, superlative most dionysiac)

comparative more dionysiac · superlative most dionysiac

  1. wild and ecstatic

    Synonyms: dionysian

Dionysiac2

adjectiveDionysiac (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, or relating to Dionysus or to the Dionysia.

    Near-synonyms: dionysiac, dionysian; Bacchic; Bacchanalian

    Synonyms: Dionysian, dionysiac, dionysian, Bacchic, Bacchanalian

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivewild and ecstatic

Similar
dionysian

adjectiveOf, or relating to Dionysus or to the Dionysia.

Similar
DionysiandionysiacdionysianBacchicBacchanalian
Also see
bacchanalianbacchicdionysiacdionysianloose-handedwanton

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΔιονυσιακός
  2. LatinDionȳsiacus
  3. EnglishDionysiac

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

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Translations

French dionysiaque
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Cite this entry
APA

dionysiac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dionysiac

MLA

“dionysiac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dionysiac. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dionysiac,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dionysiac.

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