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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