bacchanal

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
22
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈbækənəl/

Definition of bacchanal

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
    “Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing […]”
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adj

  1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
    “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.
  3. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of bacchanal.

noun

  1. A devotee of Bacchus.
  2. Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
    “The riot of the tipsie Bachanals”
  3. (in-plural)The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
  4. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
  5. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
  6. (Trinidad-and-Tobago, informal)drama, ruckus, fiasco

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.

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