Bacchanal

['bækən(ə)l;-næl] or ['bækənl]

Definition

(a.) Relating to Bacchus or his festival.

(a.) Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

(n.) A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.

(n.) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.

(n.) Drunken revelry; an orgy.

(n.) A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Reveller, carouser, bacchanalian.

a. Riotous, revelling, noisy, bacchanalian.

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Definition

n. a worshipper of Bacchus: one who indulges in drunken revels: a dance or song in honour of Bacchus.—adj. relating to drunken revels—also Bacchanā′lian.—ns.pl. Bacchanā′lia Bac′chanals originally feasts in honour of Bacchus: drunken revels.—n. Bacchanā′lianism.—n. and adj. Bacchant (bak′kant) a priest of Bacchus the god of wine: a reveller: a drunkard.—n. Bacchante (bak-kant′ bak′kant bak-kant′i) a priestess of Bacchus the god of wine: a female bacchanal:—pl. Bacchant′es.—adj. Bacchic (bak′kik) relating to Bacchus: jovial: drunken.

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