 bacchanal |
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| 1. | [ noun ] a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus | |
| Synonyms: | bacchant | |
| Related terms: | fan | |
| 2. | [ noun ] someone who engages in drinking bouts | |
| Synonyms: | drunken_reveller bacchant drunken_reveler | |
| Related terms: | drinker | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] used of riotously drunken merrymaking | |
| Synonyms: | bacchic carousing orgiastic bacchanalian | |
| Examples: | "a night of bacchanalian revelry" "carousing bands of drunken soldiers" "orgiastic festivity" |
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| Related terms: | intoxicated | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | |
| Synonyms: | debauch saturnalia debauchery riot bacchanalia drunken_revelry orgy | |
| Related terms: | revel carouse | |
| Similar spelling: |
bacchanalia bacchanalian back-channel back_channel basinal Bagnall |
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