About The Word Bacchanalian
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Bacchanalian
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What's The Definition Of Bacchanalian?
[adj] used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bacchanalian: bacchanal | bacchic | carousing | drunk | inebriated | intoxicated | orgiastic Related Terms | Find terms related to Bacchanalian: See Also | Bacchanalian In Webster's Dictionary \Bac`cha*na"li*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or
given to reveling and drunkenness.
Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. --Cowper.
\Bac`cha*na"li*an\, n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. |
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