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BACCHIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bacchic mean?
• BACCHIC (adjective)
The adjective BACCHIC has 1 sense:
1. used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Familiarity information: BACCHIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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))
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