Bacchic

[ bak-ik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or honoring Bacchus.
2. (lowercase) riotously or jovially intoxicated; drunken.

Bacchic

/ ˈbækɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to Bacchus
2. often not capital riotously drunk

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bacchic¹

1660–70; < Latin Bacchicus < Greek Bakkhikós. See Bacchus, -ic

Example Sentences

They joined in bands of youths and maidens and whirled down the Avenue in Bacchic madness.

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It is unnecessary to say that they are not Bacchic songs celebrating the juice of the grape, or anything like it.

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At that moment the seigneur of Chivry struck up the fourth couplet of his Bacchic song.

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Between the heads are thyrsi or Bacchic rods entwined with ivy and vine shoots, and litui or augural wands used in taking omens.

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Now this cone and stem are carried in the Bacchic festivities, and can be readily recognised as virga cum ovo.

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