Part 844

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.</def>

<h1>Bacchanal</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac"cha*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.</def> "Tipsy <i>bacchanals</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Drunken revelry; an orgy.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.</def>

<h1>Bacchanalia</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac`cha*na"li*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Bacchanal</ets> a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl. <ets>Bacchanalia</ets> a feast of Bacchus, fr. <ets>Bacchus</ets> the god of wine, Gr. <?/]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler.</def>

<h1>Bacchanalian</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac`cha*na"li*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.</def>

<blockquote>Even <b>bacchanalian</b> madness has its charms. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bacahanalian</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac`aha*na"li*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.</def>

<h1>Bacchanalianism</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac`cha*na"li*an*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.</def>

<h1>Bacchant</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac"chant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Bacchants</plw>, L. <plw>Bacchantes</plw></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>bacchans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>bacchari</ets> to celebrate the festival of Bacchus.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A priest of Bacchus.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bacchanal; a reveler.</def>

<i>Croly.</i>

<h1>Bacchant</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac"chant</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.</def>

<i> Byron.</i>

<h1>Bacchante</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac"chante</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>L. pl. <plw>Bacchantes</plw>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A priestess of Bacchus.</def>