Bacchanalian
(sometimes used with a plural verb) a festival in honor of Bacchus.
Compare Dionysia.
(lowercase) a drunken feast; orgy.
adjective
characterized by or involving drunken revelry
(often capital) of or relating to the orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
plural noun
(often capital) orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
any drunken revelry
adj.
1560s; see bacchanalia + -an. As a noun from 1610s.
n.
“drunken revelry,” 1630s, from the name of the Roman festival held in honor of Bacchus, from neuter plural of Latin bacchanalis (see bacchanal). A participant is a Bacchant (1690s), fem. Bacchante, from French. The plural of both is Bacchantes.
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