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bacchanal
adjective
noun
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking
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ˈbækənəl
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adjective
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking
“A night of bacchanalian revelry”
noun
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
noun
A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
noun
Someone who engages in drinking bouts
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A night of bacchanalian revelry
Carousing bands of drunken soldiers
Orgiastic festivity
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