bacchanalian

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The music video, which was shot in suburban Miami, follows a bacchanalian Y2K house party, inspired by Pharrell’s 2003 video for “Frontin’.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Her new music reflects those bacchanalian nights, where people found freedom to be themselves "free from police, free from judgement", said Monaé.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023

"With the bean now a baby and the ball a bacchanalian celebration, the cake remains a sweet way to break bread with your fellow revelers," he said.

From Fox News • Mar. 1, 2022

Although the evening soirees were hardly bacchanalian, the Crowninshields “were of a social set that absolutely loved to entertain,” said Jill MacKenzie, executive director of the Hagley Museum and Library.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2021

Formerly “Jolly,” it was presumably too bacchanalian and not sufficiently aristocratic, and so it was changed, just as your “Smythe” was once Smith, and “Johnes” Jones.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)