bacchanalian
/ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
adj
Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry.
noun
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: bacchic, bacchian; Dionysiac, Dionysian; dionysiac, dionysian"
- "Even Bacchanalian madness has its charms."
- "The dancing and shouting of the children around the fire had become even more bacchanalian."
- "With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude."
- "Within three hours we'd drunk the place dry. Miraculously, we all made it back on the bus, but I've never seen a more bacchanalian scene of wanton debauchery than the ride back to the hotel."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Bacchanalia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Bacchanalian From Bacchanalia + -an.