bacchante

[ buh-kan-tee, -kahn-, buh-kant, -kahnt ]

noun

1. a female bacchant.

bacchante

/ bəˈkæntɪ /

noun

1. a priestess or female votary of Bacchus
2. a drunken female reveller

Word History and Origins

Origin of bacchante¹

1790–1800; back formation from Latin bacchantēs, feminine plural of bacchāns bacchant; pronunciation with silent -e < French bacchante, feminine of bacchant bacchant

Example Sentences

At the center of the sanctuary stood Perrette the Ribald, her hair disheveled like a Bacchante's.

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Cagliostro looked with horror upon the ashes of the Bacchante.

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She was attired like a Bacchante, with bands of fur in her hair, topped by bunches of gold grapes.

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A very beautiful Etruscan mirror with Bacchus, or a Bacchante, riding on a panther upon the cover.

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The arms of a sweetly pretty Bacchante are entwined round the neck of the maudlin reveller.

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