bacchanalian

Bac·cha·na·lia (b

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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

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Adj.

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.

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context

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.

The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

It was his habit, in these cases of Bacchanalian emergency, to stagger obstinately into his room on the ground-floor, to take the model-ship out of the cupboard, and to try if he could proceed with the never-to-be-completed employment of setting up the rigging.

No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context

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