Meaning of BACCHANALIA
| Pronunciation: | | `baku'neyleeu, `baku'neylyu
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- [n] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- [n] an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
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| | Synonyms: | | bacchanal, debauch, debauchery, Dionysia, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
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| | See Also: | | festival, fete, revel, revelry | |
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| | Definition: | | \Bac`cha*na"li*a\, n. pl. [L. Bacchanal a place
devoted to Bacchus; in the pl. Bacchanalia a feast of
Bacchus, fr. Bacchus the god of wine, Gr. ?]
1. (Myth.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler.
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