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 bacchanal bacchanal /ˈbækɪnəl/

adjective

  1. Used of riotously drunken merrymaking  ( bacchanal , bacchanalian , bacchic , carousing , orgiastic )
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking
     A night of bacchanalian revelry
    a night of bacchanalian revelry
     Carousing bands of drunken soldiers
    carousing bands of drunken soldiers
     Orgiastic festivity
    orgiastic festivity

noun

  1. A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity  ( bacchanal , bacchanalia , debauchery , debauch , drunken revelry , orgy , riot [Archaic] , saturnalia )
    a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
     The city's nightlife is infamous for its wild debauch.
    The city's nightlife is infamous for its wild debauch.
  2. A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus  ( bacchanal , bacchant )
    a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
  3. Someone who engages in drinking bouts  ( bacchanal , bacchant , drunken reveler [American] , drunken reveller )
    someone who engages in drinking bouts