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bacchanal

adjective noun

used of riotously drunken merrymaking

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
B
Ends with
L
Contains
AC
Scrabble score
18
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

ˈbækənəl

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. used of riotously drunken merrymaking

    “a night of bacchanalian revelry”

noun

  1. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

noun

  1. a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus

noun

  1. someone who engages in drinking bouts

In context

Example Sentences

a night of bacchanalian revelry
carousing bands of drunken soldiers
orgiastic festivity

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