Sardanapalian

[ sahr-dn-uh-peyl-yuhn, -pey-lee-uhn ]

adjective

1. excessively luxurious or sensual.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sardanapalian¹

1865–70; Sardanapal ( us ) a legendary Assyrian king proverbial for his decadence (< Latin < Greek Sardanápal ( l ) os, perhaps ultimately < Akkadian Aššur-ban-apli Ashurbanipal) + -ian

Example Sentences

The cacique was taken prisoner and with him his entire Sardanapalian court.

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The first movement has the martial pomp and hauteur and the Sardanapalian opulence and color that mark 294 a barbaric triumph.

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They copy the luxuries, the inborn vices of the blue blood of Europe's crowned Sardanapalian autocrats.

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And it was for this, then, that all these Sardanapalian accusations had been piled upon my head.

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