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Definition of Bacchanal
1. Adjective. Used of riotously drunken merrymaking. "Orgiastic festivity"
Similar to: Drunk, Inebriated, Intoxicated
Derivative terms: Orgy, Orgy
2. Noun. Someone who engages in drinking bouts.
Generic synonyms: Drinker, Imbiber, Juicer, Toper
3. Noun. A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus.
4. Noun. A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
Generic synonyms: Revel, Revelry
Derivative terms: Bacchanalian, Debauch, Debauch, Orgiastic, Orgiastic, Riot, Riotous
Definition of Bacchanal
1. a. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
2. n. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
Definition of Bacchanal
1. Adjective. (alternative form of bacchanal) ¹
2. Adjective. Relating to Bacchus or his festival. ¹
3. Adjective. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy. ¹
4. Noun. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. ¹
5. Noun. (context: in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. ¹
6. Noun. Drunken revelry; an orgy. ¹
7. Noun. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bacchanal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacchanal
Literary usage of Bacchanal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by Robert Browning, W. Tyas Harden, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman, William Groser (1880)
"V. A bacchanal * holding a lion's skin in one hand, and a flaming torch in the
other, with his muscles starting through his skin, and his hair dishevelled. ..."
2. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1832)
"the prevailing standard of the son'&b. c. bacchanal by Hevi-ller, which no doubt
keep pace with Deans beating Mr. Farquhar- day. and Mr. ..."
3. The Art of the Prado: A Survey of the Contents of the Gallery, Together with by Charles S. Ricketts (1907)
"This and the neighbouring work, the ' bacchanal,' have been pattern pictures ever
since ... Yet more beautiful is the ' bacchanal' as a work of even greater ..."
4. The Art of the Prado: A Survey of the Contents of the Gallery, Together with by Charles S. Ricketts (1907)
"This and the neighbouring work, the ' bacchanal,' have been pattern pictures ever
since ... Yet more beautiful is the ' bacchanal' as a work of even greater ..."
5. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1903)
"The side plaques are after a sketch of Pan with his pipes and a boy bacchanal
with a basket of grapes, which are often used in conjunction with the ..."
6. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"... the brooding tempest, arme-I with wia'.h. His language winged with terror, as
when bolts Commissioned to affright us, and destroy. A PLATONIC bacchanal ..."
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