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Bacchanalian

Bacˊcha-na′li-an

(băkˊkȧ-nā′lĭ-an; 106)
,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
Even
bacchanalian
madness has its charms.
Cowper.

Bacˊcha-na′li-an

,
Noun.
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Definition 2024

Bacchanalian

Bacchanalian

See also: bacchanalian

English

Adjective

Bacchanalian ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

Noun

Bacchanalian ‎(plural Bacchanalians)

  1. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

bacchanalian

bacchanalian

See also: Bacchanalian

English

Adjective

bacchanalian ‎(comparative more bacchanalian, superlative most bacchanalian)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian
    • 2015, Adam Jones, Bomb: My Autobiography
      Within three hours we'd drunk the place dry. Miraculously, we all made it back on the bus, but I've never seen a more bacchanalian scene of wanton debauchery than the ride back to the hotel.

Noun

bacchanalian ‎(plural bacchanalians)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian

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