Definition of bacchanalian Bacchanalian

bac•cha•na•li•an

We found 6 definitions of bacchanalian from 4 different sources.

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What does bacchanalian mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

bacchanalian - used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"
  bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic
  inebriated, drunk, intoxicated stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"
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  • bacchanalian (a.)
    Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
  • bacchanalian (n.)
    A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

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