BACCHANAL

bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic

(adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking; “a night of bacchanalian revelry”; “carousing bands of drunken soldiers”; “orgiastic festivity”

orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry

(noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

bacchant, bacchanal

(noun) a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

Bacchanal (comparative more Bacchanal, superlative most Bacchanal)

Alternative form of bacchanal

Etymology

Adjective

bacchanal (comparative more bacchanal, superlative most bacchanal)

Relating to Bacchus or his festival.

Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

Noun

bacchanal (plural bacchanals)

A devotee of Bacchus.

Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.

(in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.

Drunken revelry; an orgy.

A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.

Source: Wiktionary


Bac"cha*nal, a. Etym: [L. Bacchanalis. See Bacchanalia.]

1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.

2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

Bac"cha*nal, n.

1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. "Tipsy bacchanals." Shak.

2. pl.

Definition: The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.

3. Drunken revelry; an orgy.

4. A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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