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Bacchanalia

//ˌbækəˈneɪli.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. Greek
  2. 2
    Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.

    "His sexuality had been an open secret within the industry for decades: his pool parties, described as “blond bacchanalias”, were legendary."

  3. 3
    a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity wordnet
  4. 4
    Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy. alt-of, broadly
  5. 5
    an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Bacchānālia (“feast of Bacchus”), plural of Bacchānal (“a place devoted to Bacchus”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Etymology 2

From Bacchanalia.

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