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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\, a. [L. Bacchanalis See {Bacchanalia}.] 1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival. 2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\, n. 1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. ``Tipsy bacchanals.'' --Shak. 2. pl The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. 3. Drunken revelry; an orgy. 4. A song or dance in honor of Bacchus. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bacchanal adj : used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: {bacchanalian}, {bacchic}, {carousing}, {orgiastic}] n 1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: {drunken reveler}, {drunken reveller}, {bacchant}] 2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: {bacchant}] 3: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: {orgy}, {debauch}, {debauchery}, {saturnalia}, {riot}, {bacchanalia}, {drunken revelry}]
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