HELIOGABALUS

PRONUNCIATION: (hee-lee-uh/oh-GAB-uh-luhs)

MEANING: noun: A wildly extravagant, foolish, and self-indulgent person.

ETYMOLOGY: After the Roman emperor Heliogabalus/Elagabalus (CE 204-222) who ruled 218-222 CE. Earliest documented use: 1589.
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HELICO-GAB-ALOUS - pertaining to screwed-up idle chatter

HELIO-GABA US - a United States company that makes Gamma-Amino-Butyric-Acid for treatment of sunburn

HELLOGABALUS - a telephone greeting, and then nothing more to talk about