adj
Meaning 1
fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bacchanalian
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bacchant
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/ˈbækənt/
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/bəkant/
noun
Meaning 2
A priest of Bacchus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
(classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: votary
noun
Meaning 5
a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bacchanal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fan, buff, devotee, lover
noun
Meaning 6
someone who engages in drinking bouts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate rites of Bacchus; to revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).