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English Dictionary: bacchanal	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bacchanal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bacchanal adj used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" Synonym(s): bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic n someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: {drunken reveler}, drunken reveller, bacchanal, bacchant] a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus Synonym(s): bacchant, bacchanal a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Synonym(s): orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\, a. [L. Bacchanalis. See {Bacchanalia}.] 1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival. 2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\, n. 1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. [bd]Tipsy bacchanals.[b8] --Shak. 2. pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. 3. Drunken revelry; an orgy. 4. A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.