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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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