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BACCHANALIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacchanalian mean? 

BACCHANALIAN (adjective)
  The adjective BACCHANALIAN has 1 sense:

1. used of riotously drunken merrymakingplay

  Familiarity information: BACCHANALIAN used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BACCHANALIAN (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of riotously drunken merrymaking

Synonyms:

bacchanal; bacchanalian; bacchic; carousing; orgiastic

Context example:

orgiastic festivity

Similar:

drunk; gone; inebriated; intoxicated; ripped (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))

Derivation:

bacchanal (a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity)


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