Definitions for bacchanalian
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Bac•cha•na•li•aˌbæk əˈneɪ li ə, -ˈneɪl yə(n.)(pl.)-li•a, -li•as.
(sometimes used with a pl. v.) a festival in honor of Bacchus.
Category: Antiquities
Ref: Compare Dionysia.
(l.c.) a drunken feast.
Origin of Bacchanalia:
1625–35; < L, =Bacch(us)+-ān(us) -an1+-ālia, neut. pl. of -ālis -al1
bac`cha•na′li•an(adj.; n.)
Princeton's WordNet
bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic(adj)
used of riotously drunken merrymaking
"a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"
Wiktionary
Bacchanalian(Noun)
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
Bacchanalian(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
Webster Dictionary
Bacchanalian(adj)
of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness
Bacchanalian(noun)
a bacchanal; a drunken reveler
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