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Bacchanal   /bəkˈeɪnəl/  /bˈækɪnəl/   Listen
noun
Bacchanal  n.  
1.
A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. "Tipsy bacchanals."
2.
pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
3.
Drunken revelry; an orgy.
4.
A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.


adjective
Bacchanal  adj.  
1.
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
2.
Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.





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"Bacchanal" Quotes from Famous Books



... his importuning me further, that I had a full bottle of the water of ane hoome, "bitter ears," meaning long pepper, of which he was ignorant. We were of opinion that his eager thirst for liquor, as well as his ignorance of the burning quality of the pepper, would induce the bacchanal to try it. He accordingly applauded my generous disposition, and said his heart had all along told him I would not act beneath the character I bore among his country people. The bottle was brought, ...
— Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 • S.M. Fuller
... himself thrown on the world, And into the vortex of sinning By Pleasure's strong arms he is hurled. He hears the sweet Christmas bells ringing, "Repent ye, repent ye, and pray"; But he joins with his comrades in singing A bacchanal lay. ...
— The Kingdom of Love - and Other Poems • Ella Wheeler Wilcox
... strike other chords; Fill high the cup with Samian wine! Leave battles to the Turkish hordes, And shed the blood of Scio's vine! Hark! rising to the ignoble call— How answers each bold bacchanal! ...
— Elson Grammer School Literature, Book Four. • William H. Elson and Christine Keck
... spark-litten, kin of fire! The flattened edge-work, circling round the whole, Made strong support for coiling snakes that grew Erect above the concave of the shield: Loud rang the warrior's voice; inspired for war, He raves to slay, as doth a Bacchanal, His very glance a terror! of such wight Beware the onset! closing on the gates, He peals his vaunting and ...
— Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays • AEschylus
... miners) and oysters are exhausted, brandied fruits are rarely seen, and even port-wine is beginning to look scarce. Old callers occasionally drop in, looking dreadfully sheepish and subdued, and so sorry, and people are evidently arousing themselves from the bacchanal madness into which they were so ...
— The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 • Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe


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