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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. used of riotously drunken merrymaking;
- Example: "a night of bacchanalian revelry"
- Example: "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"
- Example: "orgiastic festivity"
[syn: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bacchanalian \Bac`cha*na"li*an\ (b[a^]k`k[.a]*n[=a]"l[i^]*an; 106), a. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. [1913 Webster] Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bacchanalian \Bac`cha*na"li*an\, n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bacchanalian adj 1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic]