bacchanal
see also: Bacchanal
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈbækənəl/
Adjective

bacchanal

  1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
      Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing […]
  2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
Translations
  • Russian: вакхи́ческий
Translations
  • Russian: разгу́льный
Noun

bacchanal (plural bacchanals)

  1. A devotee of Bacchus.
  2. Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
    • 1623, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
      The riot of the tipsie Bachanals
  3. (in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
  4. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
  5. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
Translations
  • Russian: гуля́ка
Translations
Bacchanal
Adjective

bacchanal

  1. Alternative form of bacchanal



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