bacchanalian
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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
He did this by hosting bacchanalian parties, often in Las Vegas, and bestowing absurdly lavish gifts on his growing stable of celebrity acquaintances.
From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023
Denying those bacchanalian tendencies would be to forget why we live here in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
"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
Against this proposal some of his acquaintances protested; but the idea pleased his own disordered fancy, and as the madness of intoxication increased, he insisted that the bacchanalian honour should be conferred upon him.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 by Various
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