bacchanal

[ noun bah-kuh-nahl, bak-uh-nal, bak-uh-nl; adjective bak-uh-nl ]
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noun
  1. a follower of Bacchus.

  2. a drunken reveler.

  1. an occasion of drunken revelry; orgy; bacchanalia.

adjective
  1. pertaining to Bacchus; bacchanalian.

Origin of bacchanal

1
1530–40; <Latin Bacchānāl, equivalent to Bacch(us) + -ānāl, probably as back formation from Bacchānālia;see Bacchanalia

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bacchanal

/ (ˈbækənəl) /


noun
  1. a follower of Bacchus

  2. a drunken and riotous celebration

  1. a participant in such a celebration; reveller

adjective
  1. of or relating to Bacchus

Origin of bacchanal

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C16: from Latin Bacchānālis; see Bacchus

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