bacchanal
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 9
/ˈbækənəl/
Definition of bacchanal
9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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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
-
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
“Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing […]”
- Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of bacchanal.
noun
- A devotee of Bacchus.
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Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
“The riot of the tipsie Bachanals”
- (in-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
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.
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