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Bacchanalian

//ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Greek, Roman, not-comparable

    "Near-synonyms: bacchic, bacchian; Dionysiac, Dionysian; dionysiac, dionysian"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian. alt-of, not-comparable

    "Within three hours we'd drunk the place dry. Miraculously, we all made it back on the bus, but I've never seen a more bacchanalian scene of wanton debauchery than the ride back to the hotel."

  3. 3
    Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry. broadly, not-comparable

    "The dancing and shouting of the children around the fire had become even more bacchanalian."

Adjective
  1. 1
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

    "With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian. alt-of

    "With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Bacchanalia + -an.

Etymology 2

From Bacchanalia + -an.

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