BACCHANALIAN

bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

Bacchanalian (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

• William Cowper

Noun

Bacchanalian (plural Bacchanalians)

A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Adjective

bacchanalian (comparative more bacchanalian, superlative most bacchanalian)

Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian

Noun

bacchanalian (plural bacchanalians)

Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian

Source: Wiktionary


Bac`cha*na"li*an, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper.

Bac`cha*na"li*an, n.

Definition: A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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