Meaning of Bacchanalian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
   Greek, Roman, not-comparable
2. Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian.
   alt-of, not-comparable
3. Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry.
   broadly, not-comparable

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Examples

“Near-synonyms: bacchic, bacchian; Dionysiac, Dionysian; dionysiac, dionysian”

“Even Bacchanalian madness has its charms.”

“The dancing and shouting of the children around the fire had become even more bacchanalian.”

“Within three hours we'd drunk the place dry. Miraculously, we all made it back on the bus, but I've never seen a more bacchanalian scene of wanton debauchery than the ride back to the hotel.”

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