Heliogabalus
//ˌhiː.li.əʊˈɡæb.ə.ləs// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Synonym of Elagabalus (“Roman emperor, noted for decadence, eccentricity, femininity, and disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos”).
"But yet I think nobody, could he be sure that the soul of Heliogabalus were in one of his hogs, would yet say that hog were a man or Heliogabalus."
- 2 Synonym of Elagabalus (“sun deity”).
Example
More examples"But yet I think nobody, could he be sure that the soul of Heliogabalus were in one of his hogs, would yet say that hog were a man or Heliogabalus."
Etymology
A Greek form of Elagabalus, with the first element (and the god) identified with Helios.
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