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Bacchanalian

Bacˊcha-na′li-an

(băkˊkȧ-nā′lĭ-an; 106)
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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

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Noun.
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.