bacchanalian
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Bacchanalian¹
- /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/
adjective bacchanalian
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Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
Near-synonyms: bacchic, bacchian; Dionysiac, Dionysian; dionysiac, dionysian
Similar: bacchic, bacchian, Dionysiac, Dionysian, dionysiac, dionysian
- Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry. The dancing and shouting of the children around the fire had become even more bacchanalian.
noun Bacchanalians · bacchanalian
- A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
bacchanalian²
adjective
- Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian Within three hours we'd drunk the place dry. Miraculously, we all made it back on the bus, but I've never seen a more bacchanalian scene of wanton debauchery than the ride back to the hotel.
noun bacchanalians
- Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
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adj relating to the festival of Bacchus
| Deutsch | bacchantisch |
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noun a drunken reveler
| Deutsch | Bacchant |
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