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Webster 1913 Edition
Bacchanal
1.
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
2.
Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
Bac′cha-nal
(băk′kȧ-nal)
, Noun.
1.
A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
“Tipsy bacchanals.” Shak.
2.
pl.
The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
3.
Drunken revelry; an orgy.
4.
A song or a dance in honor of
Bacchus
.