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Sardanapalian, a.|sɑːdənəˈpeɪlɪən|
[f. L. Sardanapālus, Gr. σαρδανάπᾱλος, the name given by Gr. historians to the last king of Nineveh, proverbial as the type of luxurious effeminacy.]
Resembling Sardanapalus and his attributes; luxuriously effeminate. So † Sardanaˈpalical a. (in quot. erron. -panicall). † Sardaˈnapalize v., trans. to represent or describe as a Sardanapalus.
1555Eden Decades 101 Tumanama..with all his Sardanapanicall famelye. 1673Marvell Reh. Transp. ii. 179 You muster up all Christian Princes to Neronize and Caligulize them, unless they..will chuse..to be Uilenspiegled and Sardanapalized by you. 1863R. H. Gronow Recoll. & Anecd. 117 He [Eugène Sue] was supposed..to lead a very Sardanapalian life. 1876A. J. Evans Through Bosnia vi. 267 [He] lived in Sardanapalian luxury. |