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Bacchanal

//ˈbækənəl// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to Bacchus or his festival.

    "Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing […]"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of bacchanal. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
Adjective
  1. 1
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A devotee of Bacchus.
  2. 2
    a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.

    "The riot of the tipsie Bachanals"

  4. 4
    a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus wordnet
  5. 5
    The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. in-plural
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  1. 6
    someone who engages in drinking bouts wordnet
  2. 7
    Drunken revelry; an orgy.
  3. 8
    A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
  4. 9
    drama, ruckus, fiasco Trinidad-and-Tobago, informal

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.

Etymology 2

From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.

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