dionysian en · ADJ
Etymology
From German dionysisch (“Dionysian”). Coined by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
Meanings
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Wild, irrational, undisciplined, orgiastic.
He said he loved making movies like Luca Guadagnino’s “A Bigger Splash,” in which his charismatic, obstreperous character, Harry Hawkes, a music producer described by the Italian director as “a pagan fawn,” does a Dionysian dance to the Rolling Stones song “Emotional Rescue.”
2022 October 22, Maureen Dowd, “Ralph Fiennes, Master of Monsters”, in The New York Times:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most dionysian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more dionysian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (5)
el διονυσιακός (wild, irrational, and undisciplined) · ru диониси́ческий (wild, irrational, and undisciplined) · ca dionisíac (wild, irrational, and undisciplined) · fi dionyysinen (wild, irrational, and undisciplined) · de dionysisch (wild, irrational, and undisciplined)