"Bacchanalian" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/
Etymology: From Bacchanalia + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Bacchanalia|an}} Bacchanalia + -an Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Bacchanalian (not comparable)
  1. (Roman and Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Tags: Greek, Roman, not-comparable Translations (relating to reveling): bacchantisch (Dutch), bacchantisch (German)
    Sense id: en-Bacchanalian-en-adj-ldgD3dHG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 65 35 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bacchanalian

Noun

IPA: /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/ Forms: Bacchanalians [plural]
Etymology: From Bacchanalia + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Bacchanalia|an}} Bacchanalia + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} Bacchanalian (plural Bacchanalians)
  1. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. Translations (a drunken reveler): bacchant [common-gender] (Dutch), Bacchant [masculine] (German), bachant [masculine] (Polish), bachantka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Bacchanalian-en-noun-7k~dLNhE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bacchanalian

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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