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noun
A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, broadly
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noun
Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, drunken revelry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: revel, revelry
noun
an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Dionysia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: festival, fete
History
From Latin Bacchānālia (“feast of Bacchus”), plural of Bacchānal (“a place devoted to Bacchus”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).
From Bacchanalia.
Across languages
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