Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bacchanal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\, a. [L. Bacchanalis. See {Bacchanalia}.]
1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\, n.
1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels;
one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
``Tipsy bacchanals.'' --Shak.
2. pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
3. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
4. A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bacchanal
adj : used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of
bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken
soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: {bacchanalian},
{bacchic}, {carousing}, {orgiastic}]
n 1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: {drunken reveler},
{drunken reveller}, {bacchant}]
2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: {bacchant}]
3: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and
promiscuity [syn: {orgy}, {debauch}, {debauchery}, {saturnalia},
{riot}, {bacchanalia}, {drunken revelry}]
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