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dionysiac

/daɪəˈnɪziæk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
dionysi-ac
IPA
/daɪəˈnɪziæk/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to Dionysus or to the Dionysia.

adj

wild and ecstatic

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Διονυσιακός

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /daɪəˈnɪziæk/

Inflected Forms

more dionysiac (comparative) most dionysiac (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

bacchic

Synonyms

Dionysian dionysiac Bacchic Bacchanalian

Questions

How do you pronounce dionysiac?
The recorded pronunciation is /daɪəˈnɪziæk/.
What does dionysiac mean?
Of, or relating to Dionysus or to the Dionysia.
Where does dionysiac come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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