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bacchanalian

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Bac·cha·na·lia  (bk-nly, -nl-)
n. pl. Bacchanalia
1. The ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus.
2. bacchanalia A riotous, boisterous, or drunken festivity; a revel.
[Latin Bacchnlia, from Bacchus, Bacchus, from Greek Bakkhos.]
Baccha·nalian, baccha·nalian adj. & n.
bacchanalian [ˌbækəˈneɪlɪən]
adj
1. characterized by or involving drunken revelry
2. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) (often capital) of or relating to the orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bacchanalian - used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"
bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic
drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"
Translations
bacchanalian [ˌbækəˈneɪlɪən] ADJ → bacanal, báquico
bacchanalian
adj → bacchantisch (geh)


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But above all, and to give a bacchanalian grace to this truly masculine repast, the captain produced his mellifluous keg of home-brewed nectar, which had been so potent over the senses of the veteran of Hudson's Bay.
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On the morning following the bacchanalian songs and quarrels recorded above, as the prince stepped out of the house at about eleven o'clock, the general suddenly appeared before him, much agitated.
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