bacchanals
1bacchanals — bac·cha·nal || bækÉ™nl n. drunk, hedonist; wild party; follower of the god Bacchus …
2bacchanals — n. pl. Revelry, revels, orgies, carousal, debauch, drunken frolic, potation, compotation, wassail, Saturnalia, drunken feasts …
3bacchanals — bacchanāˈlia or bacchˈanals plural noun 1. Orgiastic feasts in honour of Bacchus 2. Drunken revels • • • Main Entry: ↑Bacchus …
4Nicolas Poussin — Poussin redirects here. For other uses, see Poussin (disambiguation). Nicolas Poussin Self portrait by Nicolas Poussin, 1650 Born June 15, 1594(1594 06 15) nea …
5Pub names — The sign of the Saracen s Head in Broad Street, Bath, England …
6Poussin, Nicolas — born 1594, Villers, France died Nov. 19, 1665, Rome, Papal States French painter. Except for two years as court painter to Louis XIII, he spent his entire career in Rome, where he became an admirer of ancient Roman civilization. In early works,… …
7Bacchanal — 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.… …
8Bacchanalianism — Bac cha*na li*an*ism, n. The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry. [1913 Webster] …
9Public house — Not to be confused with Public housing. A thatched country pub, The Williams Arms, near Braunton, North Devon, England …
10Haemus Mons — In earlier times the Balkan mountains were known as the Haemus Mons. It is believed that the name is derived from a Thracian word *saimon , mountain ridge , which is unattested but conjectured as the original Thracian form of Greek Haimos… …
