Advertisement
🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

evoe

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /e.vɔˈi/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Euoi/ˈjuːɔɪ/
interjectionCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #95000 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O canto de evoe ecoava nos antigos rituais."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As interjection
  1. 1

    An ecstatic cry or shout used in ancient bacchanalian or Dionysian rites.

    "The chorus echoed the ancient cry of euoi as the mythical procession wound through the forest."
Advertisement

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek (Εὐοῖ), an ecstatic ritual cry shouted by the worshippers of Dionysus during religious festivals and bacchanalia. Adopted into English literary usage in the late 16th to 17th centuries by poets and classicists seeking to evoke ancient ecstatic frenzy and pagan revelry.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Euoi"?

Advertisement
Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Euoi"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Euoi" Synonym Map
Advertisement