bacchant
noun
a priest, priestess, or votary of Bacchus; bacchanal.
bacchantic
-
a word derived from
bacchant.
Example Sentences
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"Diffuse and absurd," wrote Vienna's Express, "grotesque and bacchantic."
From Time Magazine Archive
The soaring upwards of rockets, the splashing of fountains, and the popping of champagne corks accompanied the wild bacchantic dance.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
But, beginning with the story of the barbarian invasions in the third volume, Professor Jones's interpretation took on a fury that was almost bacchantic.
From The Patient Observer And His Friends by Simeon Strunsky
The toil and fever of preparation, the bacchantic orgies of purchase, the dressing up, the celebration of the festival—these were the joys of the wedding to her, and she had drained them to the full.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
The shrill screams of laughter, the parrot-house babble, fox-trotting, and the bacchantic waving of arms bare to the shoulder are often summed up as—"monkey-shines."
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell
