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
carousing
present participle of carouse
carousing (plural carousings)
carousal
the wild carousings of drunken revellers
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*rous"ing, a.
Definition: That carouses; relating to a carouse.
Ca*rouse", n. Etym: [F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See Yare, and Out.]
1. A large draught of liguor. [Obs.] "A full carouse of sack." Sir J. Davies. Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak.
2. A drinking match; a carousal. The early feast and late carouse. Pope.
Ca*rouse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caroused; p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing.]
Definition: To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak.
Ca*rouse" v. t.
Definition: To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [Archaic] Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape. Denham. Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 December 2024
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