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Bacchanal
(gcide) | Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\, a. [L. Bacchanalis. See Bacchanalia.]
1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
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2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
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Bacchanal
(gcide) | Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\ (b[a^]k"k[.a]*nal), n.
1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels;
one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
"Tipsy bacchanals." --Shak.
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2. pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
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3. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
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4. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
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bacchanal
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adj 1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of
bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken
soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian,
bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic]
n 1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: {drunken
reveler}, drunken reveller, bacchanal, bacchant]
2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: bacchant,
bacchanal]
3: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] |
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Bacchanalia
(gcide) | Bacchanalia \Bac`cha*na"li*a\ (b[a^]k`k[.a]*n[=a]"l[i^]*[.a]),
n. pl. [L. Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl.
Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, fr. Bacchus the god of wine,
Gr. Ba`kchos.]
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1. (Myth.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
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2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
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Bacchanalian
(gcide) | Bacchanalian \Bac`cha*na"li*an\ (b[a^]k`k[.a]*n[=a]"l[i^]*an;
106), a.
Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or
given to reveling and drunkenness.
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Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]Bacchanalian \Bac`cha*na"li*an\, n.
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
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Bacchanalianism
(gcide) | Bacchanalianism \Bac`cha*na"li*an*ism\, n.
The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.
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bacchanal
(wn) | bacchanal
adj 1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of
bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken
soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian,
bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic]
n 1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: {drunken
reveler}, drunken reveller, bacchanal, bacchant]
2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: bacchant,
bacchanal]
3: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] |
bacchanalia
(wn) | Bacchanalia
n 1: an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of
Dionysus (= Bacchus) [syn: Dionysia, Bacchanalia]
2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] |
bacchanalian
(wn) | bacchanalian
adj 1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of
bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken
soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian,
bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic] |
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