Dionysiacs
Glossary term
/ˌdaɪ.əˈnɪz.i.æks/
Revellers of the Bacchic tendency. The street mob once drums, drink and grievance have acquired a classical education.
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From the books (1 passage)
…to ascertain whether this came about because the oratorical suasions of the vestal of Kropotkin turned the assembled Dionysiacs to stone, or because Mr Crass Cheseham at the promptings of his consort inveighed against the pusillanimity of St Just.