BACCHANAL

a. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Relating to Bacchus or his festival.

2.
a.

Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

3.
n.

A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. "Tipsy bacchanals." Shak.

4.
n.

The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.

5.
n.

Drunken revelry; an orgy.

6.
n.

A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.


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