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Bacchanalian.

Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/
  1. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

    Greek · Roman · not-comparable
  2. Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry.

    broadly · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Bacchanalia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Bacchanalian From Bacchanalia + -an.

noun/ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/
  1. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Bacchanalia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Bacchanalian From Bacchanalia + -an.

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