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bacchanal

bacc·ha·nal

UK/ˈbækənəl/ US/ˌbɑ kəˈnɑl/ uncommon informal

noun

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adjective

1.

used of riotously drunken merrymaking

  • “a night of bacchanalian revelry”
  • “carousing bands of drunken soldiers”
  • “orgiastic festivity”

Origin

From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.

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