Bacchantic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Bacchanalian; drunken or frenzied and unrestrained; orgiastic. not-comparable
"The orchestra played bacchantic music, and in bacchantic madness the dancers rushed by each other."
- 2 Alternative form of bacchantic. alt-of, alternative
"The Perchta legends are of a somewhat wild— occasionally Bacchantic and Korybantic — character, in which the gloomy element is, however, not wanting."
- 3 Pertaining to the clergy or worship of Bacchus. not-comparable
"His friend Ted dancing the can-can trouserless with his shirt-tails flying, is an absurd equivalent to the bacchantic worshippers, who were supposed to don female dress during the rite."
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler wordnet
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More examples"The orchestra played bacchantic music, and in bacchantic madness the dancers rushed by each other."