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bacchanalian - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'bacchanalian' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bacchanalian [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
2 . Bacchanalian [ n.]
- A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Meaning of 'bacchanalian' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bacchanalian [ s]
Meaning (1):
- used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Example in sentence:
  • a night of bacchanalian revelry;
  • carousing bands of drunken soldiers;
  • orgiastic festivity