'Bacchanalian' definitions:

Definition of 'bacchanalian'

From: WordNet
adjective
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic]

Definition of 'Bacchanalian'

From: GCIDE
  • Bacchanalian \Bac`cha*na"li*an\ (b[a^]k`k[.a]*n[=a]"l[i^]*an; 106), a. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. [1913 Webster]
  • Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bacchanalian'

From: GCIDE
  • Bacchanalian \Bac`cha*na"li*an\, n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. [1913 Webster]

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