Dionysian Definition

dīə-nĭshən, -nĭzhən, -nĭsē-ən
adjective
Dionysiac.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to Dionysus.
American Heritage
Of or devoted to the worship of Dionysus.
American Heritage
Of the orgiastic nature of the Dionysia; wild, frenzied, and sensuous.
Webster's New World
Of any of several historical figures named Dionysus.
Webster's New World

Origin of Dionysian

  • From Latin Dionȳsius from Greek Dionūsios from Dionūsos Dionysus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Dionysian Sentence Examples

  • Erigena teaches the restitution of all things under the form of the Dionysian adunatio or deificatio.

  • This is called the Dionysian or Great Paschal Period, from its having been employed by Dionysius Exiguus, familiarly styled " Denys the Little," in determining Easter Sunday.

  • The time following the Dionysian tyranny was at Syracuse a time full of the most stirring local and personal interest, under her two deliverers Dion and Timoleon.

  • This is the Dionysian or Great Paschal Period, and is formed by the multiplication of the numbers 28 and 19, that is, of the solar and lunar cycles, into each other.

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