Bacchanal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbækənəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Bacchanal is an adjective meaning Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
Meaning
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
More Meanings
- Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
- A devotee of Bacchus.
- Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
- (in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
- Drunken revelry; an orgy.
- A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
- (Trinidad and Tobago, informal) drama, ruckus, fiasco
Example Sentences
The riot of the tipsie Bachanals
Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing […]
Word Forms
- bacchanals
Synonyms for bacchanal
Depending on context, synonyms include inebriated, intoxicated, debauch, orgiastic, orgy, carousing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bacchic, bacchanalian, orgy, bacchanalia, bacchant, saturnalia.
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