See Also: Sardanapalian(dictionary)

Sardanapalian (iou)



Sardanapalian adjective. M19.
[from Latin Sardanapalus, Greek Sardanapalos, name given by Greek historians to the proverbially decadent last king of Assyria c 627 BC (prob. not a historical character): see -IAN.]
Resembling Sardanapalus and his attributes; luxuriously effeminate.
Earlier
Sardanapalical adjective: only in M16.