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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BAC'CHANAL,
BACCHANA'LIAN, n.[from Bacchus, Gr.,the deity of wine and revelling. L. poculum.]
One who indulges in drunken revels; a drunkard; one who is noisy and riotous, when intoxicated.
BAC'CHANAL,
BACCHANA'LIAN, a. Revelling in intemperate drinking; riotous; noisy.
BACCHANA'LIAN, a. Pertaining to reveling and drunkenness. Even bacchanalian madness has its charms.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic] n
1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanal, bacchant]
2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: bacchant, bacchanal]
3: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Latin, shrine of Bacchus, probably back-formation from Bacchanalia Date: 1550 1. a. orgy 2 b. orgy 3 2. a. a devotee of Bacchus; especially one who celebrates the Bacchanalia b. reveler II. adjective Date: 1550 of, relating to, or suggestive of the Bacchanalia ; bacchanalian

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a wild and drunken revelry. 2 a drunken reveller. 3 a priest, worshipper, or follower of Bacchus. --adj. 1 of or like Bacchus, the Greek or Roman god of wine, or his rites. 2 riotous, roistering. Etymology: L bacchanalis f. Bacchus god of wine f. Gk Bakkhos

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bacchanal Bac"cha*nal, a. [L. Bacchanalis. See Bacchanalia.] 1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival. 2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bacchanal Bac"cha*nal, n. 1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. ``Tipsy bacchanals.'' --Shak. 2. pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. 3. Drunken revelry; an orgy. 4. A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Reveller, carouser, bacchanalian, roysterer, debauchee, bacchant. II. a. Riotous, revelling, noisy, bacchanalian.

Moby Thesaurus

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