Heliogabalus

//ˌhiː.li.əʊˈɡæb.ə.ləs// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Synonym of Elagabalus (“sun deity”).

Example

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"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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