Sardanapalian

Sardanapalian
/sahr'dn euh payl"yeuhn, -pay"lee euhn/, adj.
excessively luxurious or sensual.
[1865-70; Sardanapal(us) a legendary Assyrian king proverbial for his decadence ( < L < Gk Sardanápal(l)os, perh. ult. < Akkadian Aššur-ban-apli Ashurbanipal) + -IAN]

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  • sardanapalian — Being luxuriously effeminate like the Byron hero Sardanapalus …   Grandiloquent dictionary

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