bac·cha·nal
[n. bah-kuh-nahl, bak-uh-nal, bak-uh-nl; adj. bak-uh-nl] Show IPA
noun
1.
a follower of Bacchus.
2.
a drunken reveler.
3.
an occasion of drunken revelry; orgy; bacchanalia.
adjective
4.
Origin:
1530–40; < Latin Bacchānāl, equivalent to Bacch ( us ) + -ānāl, probably as back formation fromBacchānālia; see Bacchanalia
1530–40; < Latin Bacchānāl, equivalent to Bacch ( us ) + -ānāl, probably as back formation fromBacchānālia; see Bacchanalia
Synonyms
3. saturnalia, debauch, spree, carousal.
3. saturnalia, debauch, spree, carousal.
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