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    Bacchanalia
    noun
    a festival in honor of Bacchus.
  • bacchanalia
    bacchanalia
    plural noun
    (often capital) orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
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Bacchanalia

American  
[bak-uh-ney-lee-uh, -neyl-yuh] / ˌbæk əˈneɪ li ə, -ˈneɪl yə /

noun

Bacchanalias plural

  1. (sometimes used with a plural verb) a festival in honor of Bacchus.

  2. (lowercase) a drunken feast; orgy.

bacchanalia British  
/ ˌbækəˈneɪlɪə /

plural noun

  1. (often capital) orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus

  2. any drunken revelry

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Etymology

Origin of Bacchanalia

1625–35; < Latin equivalent to Bacch ( us ) + -ān ( us ) -an + -ālia, neuter plural of -ālis -al 1; probably modeled on volcānālia. See Saturnalia

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