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bacchanal::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
| Type of | revel, revelry |
| Derivation | bacchanalian |
bacchanal::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller |
| Type of | imbiber, drinker, toper, juicer |
bacchanal::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic |
a night of bacchanalian revelry.
Examples of bacchanal
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After the bacchanal in tech IPOs, stock in restaurants may look simple and safe.
From the businessweek.com
The velvet ropes to the bacchanal have opened for his 21st-century counterparts.
From the nytimes.com
That means a semi-sacred bacchanal week for Kentuckians, born or just visiting.
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After all, who would choose the boardroom over an exquisitely lush bacchanal?
From the washingtonpost.com
A much-talked-about lowlight involved getting punched out at a press awards bacchanal.
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Only the next day did Mr. Prosecutor discover remnants of a bacchanal.
From the bostonherald.com
It's a bacchanal for the king in which the debauched guests all but choke on the excess.
From the washingtonpost.com
During the Saturnalia everyone ate, drank and exchanged presents in one long bacchanal.
From the time.com
It is at Diana's temple that the bacchanal in the third act takes place.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Bacchanalian: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"
- Drunken reveler: someone who engages in drinking bouts
- Bacchant: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
- Orgy: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- The bacchanalia were wild and mystic festivals of the Greek and Roman god Bacchus (or Dionysus). It has since come to describe any form of drunken revelry.
- Bacchanal is a 1968 album by Gu00E1bor Szabu00F3, released on the label he founded with Cal Tjader and Gary McFarland, Skye Records
- Commotion, a wild party, a fight between neighbours, family or friends. E.g. The wedding reception was 'real' bacchanal cause of the difference in religions between the bride and groom.
- 1: Scandal, confusion, loud quarreling that can be overheard. 2: The merrymaking and noisy confusion associated with all carnival events.
- Can refer to a female worshipper of Dionysus (as such translates Greek bakkhe) or to a Dionysian revel.
