bacchant

[ bak-uhnt, buh-kant, -kahnt ]

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noun,plural bac·chants, bac·chan·tes

[buh-kan-teez, -kahn-]. /bəˈkæn tiz, -ˈkɑn-/.

a priest, priestess, or votary of Bacchus; bacchanal.
a drunken reveler.

adjective

inclined to revelry.

Origin of bacchant

First recorded in 1690–1700, bacchant is from the Latin word bacchant- (stem of bacchāns, present participle of bacchārī to revel). See Bacchus, -ant

Other words from bacchant

bac·chan·tic, adjective

Words Nearby bacchant

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How to use bacchant in a sentence

He was in this, just as he was in everything else, a remnant of a past age; he had merely been transformed into a bacchant!
The Title Market | Emily Post
But shall I be more like a bacchant holding the thyrsus in my right hand, or in this?
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. | Euripides
Scenes of bacchant excitement and of wildest abandonment may be witnessed here.
The History of Prostitution | William W. Sanger

British Dictionary definitions for bacchant

bacchant

/ (ˈbækənt) /

nounplural bacchants or bacchantes (bəˈkæntɪz)

a priest or votary of Bacchus
a drunken reveller

Origin of bacchant

C17: from Latin bacchāns, from bacchārī to celebrate the bacchanalia

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