different between bacchanal vs bacchant

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

English

Alternative forms

• Bacchant

Etymology

From Latin bacch?ntem, accusative singular of bacch?ns (“reveling”), present active participle of bacchor (“celebrate rites of Bacchus; revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (Bákkhos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk?nt/, /b?kant/

Noun

bacchant (plural bacchants or bacchantes)

1. A priest of Bacchus.
2. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Adjective

bacchant (comparative more bacchant, superlative most bacchant)

1. fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

   Synonym: bacchanalian

Related terms

• bacchante

References

• bacchant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.