Bacchanal

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bacchanal
n. drunk, hedonist; wild party; follower of the god Bacchus


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Bacchanalia
The bacchanalia were wild and mystic festivals of the Roman and Greek god Bacchus. Introduced into Rome from lower Italy by way of Etruria (c. 200 BC), the bacchanalia were originally held in secret and only attended by women. The festivals occurred on three days of the year in the grove of Simila near the Aventine Hill, on March 16 and March 17. Later, admission to the rites was extended to men and celebrations took place five times a month. According to Livy, the extension happened in an era when the leader of the Bacchus cult was Paculla Annia - though it is now believed that some men had participated before that.
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bacchanal
Noun
1. someone who engages in drinking bouts
(synonym) drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchant
(hypernym) drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer
2. a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
(synonym) bacchant
(hypernym) fan, buff, devotee, lover
3. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
(synonym) orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
(hypernym) revel, revelry
Adjective
1. used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"
(synonym) bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic
(similar) intoxicated, drunk, inebriated


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Bacchanal (der)
n. bacchanal, drunk, hedonist; follower of the god Bacchus

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Bacchanal
(n.)
The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
  
 
(n.)
Drunken revelry; an orgy.
  
 
(n.)
A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.
  
 
(n.)
A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
  
 
(a.)
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
  
 
(a.)
Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
  

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