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bacchant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bacchant has 3 senses
- bacchant(n = noun.person) bacchanal, drunken reveler, drunken reveller - someone who engages in drinking bouts; Array is a kind of drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper
- bacchant(n = noun.person) bacchanal - a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus; Array is a kind of buff, devotee, fan, lover
- bacchant(n = noun.person) Array - (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus; Array is a kind of votary
Derived form adjective bacchantic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
bacchant, n. [L. bacchans, -antis, p. pr. of bacchari to celebrate the festival of Bacchus.].
- A priest of Bacchus. [1913 Webster]
- A bacchanal; a reveler. Croly. [1913 Webster]
bacchant, a.
Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. Byron. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bacchant, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. bacchants or bacchantes; fem. bacchante)
1 a priest, worshipper, or follower of Bacchus.
2 a drunken reveller.
--adj.
1 of or like Bacchus or his rites.
2 riotous, roistering.
--n. (pl. bacchants or bacchantes; fem. bacchante)
1 a priest, worshipper, or follower of Bacchus.
2 a drunken reveller.
--adj.
1 of or like Bacchus or his rites.
2 riotous, roistering.
Derivative
bacchantic adj.
Etymology
F bacchante f. L bacchari celebrate Bacchanal rites
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