bacchanal
[ noun bah-kuh-nahl, bak-uh-nal, bak-uh-nl; adjective bak-uh-nl ]SEE DEFINITION OF bacchanalRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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WORD ORIGIN
1530s (n.); 1540s (adj.), from Latin bacchanalis "having to do with Bacchus" (see Bacchus). Meaning "riotous, drunken roistering; orgy" is from 1711.
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nouncelebration, merrymakingRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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