Bacchanalize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To behave as if at a bacchanal; to revel riotously. intransitive

    "Then we begin our free and easy party. Let us bacchanalize to the limit."

  2. 2
    To make riotous and wild. transitive

    "Imagine if you can the “ battle ” of Salvator Rosa bacchanalized."

Example

More examples

"Then we begin our free and easy party. Let us bacchanalize to the limit."

Etymology

From bacchanal + -ize.

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