Defn: Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper.
BACCHANALIAN
Bac`cha*na"li*an, n.
Defn: A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
BACCHANALIANISM
Bac`cha*na"li*an*ism, n.
Defn: The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.
BACCHANT Bac"chant, n.; pl. E. Bacchants, L. Bacchantes. Etym: [L. bacchans, - antis, p. pr. of bacchari to celebrate the festival of Bacchus.]
1. A priest of Bacchus.
2. A bacchanal; a reveler. Croly.
BACCHANT
Bac"chant, a.
Defn: Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. Byron.