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bacchanal

bacchanal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
  2. 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. 3.pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
  4. 4.Drunken revelry; an orgy.
  5. 5.A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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