Belshazzarian

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    excessively lavish, especially of a feast or banquet

    "And it was a Belshazzarian feast and the handwriting of destruction was on the wall."

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belshazzaresque

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"And it was a Belshazzarian feast and the handwriting of destruction was on the wall."

Etymology

From Belshazzar + -ian, in reference to the biblical king Belshazzar or Balthazar, whose blasphemy and arrogance at a lavish feast led to his overthrow by God.

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