BACCHANAL
\bˈakənə͡l], \bˈakənəl], \b_ˈa_k_ə_n_əl]\
Definitions of BACCHANAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"
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a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
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a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
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someone who engages in drinking bouts
By Princeton University
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used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"
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a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
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a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
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someone who engages in drinking bouts
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
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A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
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The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
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Drunken revelry; an orgy.
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A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.
By Oddity Software
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Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
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A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
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The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
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Drunken revelry; an orgy.
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A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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