adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to Bacchus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: Dionysiac, Dionysian
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Dionysiac, Dionysian
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bacchic
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adj
Meaning 2
By extension, drunken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: bacchanalian, bacchian; dionysiac, dionysian
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bacchanalian, bacchian, dionysiac, dionysian
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Relating to a bacchius.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Alternative spelling of bacchic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a night of bacchanalian revelry
- carousing bands of drunken soldiers
- orgiastic festivity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bacchanalian, bacchanal, carousing, orgiastic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin Bacchicus.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: bàquic — of or relating to Bacchus
- French: bachique — of or relating to Bacchus
- Italian: bacchico — of or relating to Bacchus
- Polish: bachiczny — of or relating to Bacchus
- Polish: bachusowy — of or relating to Bacchus
- Portuguese: báquico — of or relating to Bacchus
- Spanish: báquico — of or relating to Bacchus