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BACCHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacchic mean? 

BACCHIC (adjective)
  The adjective BACCHIC has 1 sense:

1. used of riotously drunken merrymakingplay

  Familiarity information: BACCHIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BACCHIC (adjective)


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))


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