bacchanalian

1. Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian#English|Bacchanalian
   • 1894, George du Maurier, “Part Third”, in Trilby: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 174215199 ↗, page 165 ↗:

     With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.

bacchanalian (plural bacchanalians)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian#English|Bacchanalian

bacchanalian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
   • William Cowper:

     Even bacchanalian madness has its charms.

• German: bacchantisch

bacchanalian (plural bacchanalians)

1. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
   • 1894, George du Maurier, “Part Third”, in Trilby: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 174215199 ↗, page 165 ↗:

     With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.