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bacchanal

English

Alternative forms

  • Bacchanal

Etymology

From Latin Bacch?n?lis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?bæk?n?l/

Adjective

bacchanal (comparative more bacchanal, superlative most bacchanal)

  1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
      Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing […]
  2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

Translations

Noun

bacchanal (plural bacchanals)

  1. A devotee of Bacchus.
  2. Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
    • 1623, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
      The riot of the tipsie Bachanals
  3. (in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
  4. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
  5. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

bacchanal m (plural bacchanals)

  1. A loud, annoying noise
  2. A revolt amongst the peasantry

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bacchanalia

English

Etymology

From Bacchanalia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?bæk.??n??.l??/

Noun

bacchanalia (plural bacchanalias)

  1. Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.

Related terms

  • bacchanal
  • saturnalia
  • dionysia

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