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bacchant

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.

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