Part 484

Baccare! you are marvelous forward. Shak.

Bac"cate (&?;), a. [L. baccatus, fr. L. bacca berry.] (Bot.) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits. Gray.

Bac"ca*ted (&?;), a. 1. Having many berries.

2. Set or adorned with pearls. [Obs.]

Bac"cha*nal (bk"k*nal), a. [L. Bacchanalis. See Bacchanalia.] 1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.

2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

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 a dance in honor of Bacchus.

||Bac`cha*na"li*a (-n"l*), n. pl. [L. Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl. Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, fr. Bacchus the god of wine, Gr. Ba`kchos.]

1. (Myth.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.

2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.

Bac`cha*na"li*an (-n"l*an; 106), a. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper.

Bac`cha*na"li*an, n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Bac`cha*na"li*an*ism (&?;), n. The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.

Bac"chant (&?;), n.; pl. E. Bacchants, L. Bacchantes. [L. bacchans, -antis, p. pr. of bacchari to celebrate the festival of Bacchus.] 1. A priest of Bacchus.

2. A bacchanal; a reveler. Croly.

Bac"chant, a. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. Byron.

Bac"chante (&?;), n.; L. pl. Bacchantes. 1. A priestess of Bacchus.

2. A female bacchanal.

Bac*chan"tic (&?;), a. Bacchanalian.

{ Bac"chic (&?;), Bac"chic*al (&?;) }, a. [L. Bacchicus, Gr. Bakchiko`s.] Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication.

||Bac*chi"us (&?;), n.; pl. Bacchii (&?;). [L. Bacchius pes, Gr. "o Bakchei^os (sc. poy`s foot).] (Pros.) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

Bac"chus (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. Ba`kchos.] (Myth.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.

Bac*cif"er*ous (&?;), a. [L. baccifer; bacca berry + ferre to bear.] Producing berries. " Bacciferous trees." Ray.

Bac"ci*form (&?;), a. [L. bacca berry + -form.] Having the form of a berry.