- sardanapalian
- [͵su:dənæʹpeılıən] a книжн.
изнеженный, избалованный (по имени ассирийского царя Ашшурбанипала)
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
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] * … Universalium
sardanapalian — adjective a) Decadently luxurious or sensual b) Having the attributes of … Wiktionary
sardanapalian — sar·da·na·pa·lian … English syllables
sardanapalian — Being luxuriously effeminate like the Byron hero Sardanapalus … Grandiloquent dictionary
sardanapalian — |särdənə|pālyən, päl , lēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sardanapalus legendary last king of the Assyrian empire (from Latin, from Greek Sardanapalos) + English an : of, relating to, or characterized by the luxuriously sensual… … Useful english dictionary