bacchanal

bacchanal
a) Relating to Bacchus or his festival.

Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing [...].

b) Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
2. noun
a) A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.

Tipsy bacchanals.

b) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.

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  • bacchanal — ⇒BACCHANAL, subst. masc. sing. Vieilli. Grand bruit, vacarme, tapage provoqué habituellement par des personnes, quelquefois par des objets (instruments de musique, etc.). Faire bacchanal; faire du, un (grand) bacchanal : • 1. Une fraternité s… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Bacchanal — Bacchanal, Bacchanalien, die berühmten griechischen, dem Weingotte Bacchus geweihten Frühlingsfeste. In jenen Tagen herrschte die völligste Freiheit. Keine Beleidigung durfte gerächt werden; die Schuldner konnten frei Athem holen; die… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Bacchanal — Bac cha*nal, a. [L. Bacchanalis. See {Bacchanalia}.] 1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival. [1913 Webster] 2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bacchanal — Bac cha*nal (b[a^]k k[.a]*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. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bacchanal — Bacchanal,das:⇨Gelage(b) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • bacchanal — 1530s (n.); 1540s (adj.), from L. bacchanalis having to do with Bacchus (see BACCHUS (Cf. Bacchus)). Meaning riotous, drunken roistering; orgy is from 1711 …   Etymology dictionary

  • bacchanal — [bak΄ə nal′] n. [L, place devoted to BACCHUS] 1. a worshiper of Bacchus; bacchant or bacchante 2. a drunken carouser 3. [pl.] the Bacchanalia 4. a dance or song in honor of Bacchus 5. a drunken party; orgy adj …   English World dictionary

  • Bacchanal — Saufgelage; Besäufnis; Trinkgelage; Sauferei; Zecherei * * * Bac|cha|nal 〈[ baxa ] n. 11〉 1. 〈Antike〉 Fest zu Ehren des röm. Weingottes Bacchus 2. 〈fig.; geh.〉 wüstes Trinkgelage * * * Bac|cha|nal [baxa na:l , österr. meist: …ka…], das; s …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Bacchanal — 1Bac|cha|nal [baxa...] das; s, Plur. e u. ien [...i̯ən] <aus lat. Bacchanal »Fest des Bacchus« (gr. Bákchos)> altröm. Fest zu Ehren des griech. röm. Weingottes Bacchus. Bacchanal 2 2Bac|cha|nal das; s, e <zu 1↑Bacchanal>… …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • BACCHANAL — s. m. (On prononce Bacanal .) Grand bruit, tapage. Faire du bacchanal. Faire bacchanal. Il est familier …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • BACCHANAL — n. m. Grand bruit, tapage. Faire du bacchanal. Faire bacchanal. Il est familier …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

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