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Bacchanalian

/ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 2

adjective2

•
Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
- Even Bacchanalian madness has its charms. — 1782
•
Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry.
- The dancing and shouting of the children around the fire had become even more bacchanalian. — 1949

noun1

•
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
- 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. — 1894

forms

Bacchanalians · bacchanalians

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