Bacchanal

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  • noun. The Bacchanalia.
  • noun. A participant in the Bacchanalia.
  • noun. A drunken or riotous celebration.
  • noun. A reveler.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or typical of the worship of Bacchus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by intemperate drinking; riotous; noisy: as, “bacchanal feasts,”
  • Relating to or resembling a bacchanal or the bacchanalia.
  • noun. One who celebrated the bacchanalia; a votary of Bacchus.
  • noun. One who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous; a drunkard: as, “each bold bacchanal,”
  • noun. plural Same as bacchanalia.
  • noun. Also bacchanalian.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
  • adjective. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
  • noun. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
  • noun. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
  • noun. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
  • noun. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
  • adjective. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
  • noun. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
  • noun. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
  • noun. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
  • noun. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone who engages in drinking bouts
  • adjective. used of riotously drunken merrymaking
  • noun. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  • noun. a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
  • Word Usage
    "Lena was explaining the word bacchanal when Violet and Glo arrived at the back door."
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    reveler  
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    buff  devotee  drinker  fan  imbiber  
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    Anal  anal  morainal  
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