English Explanatory Dictionary

Bacchanalian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
  2. Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry.
noun
  1. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian.

Pronunciation

/ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bacchanalian.wav

Word forms

Bacchanalian Bacchanalians

Etymology

From Bacchanalia + -an.

Synonyms

bacchic bacchian Dionysiac Dionysian

Derived words

bacchanalianism
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