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BACCHANALIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bacchanalian mean?
• BACCHANALIAN (adjective)
The adjective BACCHANALIAN has 1 sense:
1. used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Familiarity information: BACCHANALIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Synonyms:
bacchanal; bacchanalian; bacchic; carousing; orgiastic
Context example:
orgiastic festivity
Similar:
drunk; gone; inebriated; intoxicated; ripped (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))
Derivation:
bacchanal (a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity)
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