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1. (n.) bacchanal
a worshipper of Bacchus.
2. bacchanal
a drunken reveler.
3. bacchanal
an occasion of drunken revelry; orgy; bacchanalia.
4. (adj.) bacchanal
pertaining to Bacchus or the Bacchanalia.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L Bacchānāl, der. of Bacchus)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanal, bacchant
someone who engages in drinking bouts
2. (noun) bacchant, bacchanal
a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
3. (adj) orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
4. (adj) bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic
used of riotously drunken merrymaking
"a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) bacchanal
relating to Bacchus or his festival
2. (adj) bacchanal
engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy
3. (noun) bacchanal
a devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser
4. (noun) bacchanal
the festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia
5. (noun) bacchanal
drunken revelry; an orgy
6. (noun) bacchanal
a song or dance in honor of Bacchus
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