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Added 10 October 2026

bacchanal

/ˈbækənəl/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bacchanal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who engages in drinking bouts.
A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus.
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.

adjective

Used of riotously drunken merrymaking.
a night of bacchanalian revelry

Origin

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

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