BACCHANALIA

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

(noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Dionysia, Bacchanalia

(noun) an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bacchanalia (plural bacchanalias)

Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.

Etymology

Noun

Bacchanalia

(Greek mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.

(by extension) A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.

Source: Wiktionary


Bac`cha*na"li*a, n. pl. Etym: [L. Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl. Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, fr. Bacchus the god of wine, Gr.

1. (Myth.)

Definition: A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.

2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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