What does "bacchanal" mean?
Bacchanal: Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
Additional senses
- 2.A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. "Tipsy bacchanals." Shak.
- 3.pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
- 4.Drunken revelry; an orgy.
- 5.A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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