[syn: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\, a. [L. Bacchanalis. See Bacchanalia.]
1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
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2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\ (b[a^]k"k[.a]*nal), n.
1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels;
one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
"Tipsy bacchanals." --Shak.
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2. pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
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3. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
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4. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bacchanal
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]
n 1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: drunken
reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanal, bacchant]
2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: bacchant,
bacchanal]
3: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]