Definition of
Bacchanal
- (noun, act) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- (noun, person) a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
- (noun, person) someone who engages in drinking bouts
- (adj, all) used of riotously drunken merrymaking
carousing bands of drunken soldiers
orgiastic festivity
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Synonyms of Bacchanal
bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bacchant, bacchic, carousing, debauch, debauchery, drunken reveler, drunken reveller, drunken revelry, orgiastic, orgy, riot, saturnalia
Alternate forms of Bacchanal
Derivations: bacchanal, bacchanalian
Hypernyms: buff, devotee, drinker, fan, imbiber, juicer, lover, revel, revelry, toper
Origin of the word Bacchanal
- 1530s, from L. bacchanalis "having to do with Bacchus" (see Bacchus). Meaning "riotous, drunken roistering; orgy" is from 1711. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
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