Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bacchanalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bac-cha-nal-ize
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To behave as if at a bacchanal; to revel riotously.

Intransitive verb

verb

To make riotous and wild.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Then we begin our free and easy party. Let us bacchanalize to the limit."
"I know that a certain man [St. Ambrose of Milan] has narrated the history of the Goths, who have been recently bacchanalizing in our lands, as of Gog and Magog, thus characterizing them by their present activities, and as they are referred to in Ezechiel."
"We three could bacchanalize a little. But Jennifer mustn't know about it."
"Imagine if you can the “ battle ” of Salvator Rosa bacchanalized."
"To love life and to bacchanalize living are two separate instincts."
"Yet Stowe so luxuriates in the swamp's productivity that it is impossible to believe she feels conflicted about nature bacchanalized."

Etymology

From bacchanal + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bacchanal

Usage

Inflected Forms

bacchanalizes (present, singular) bacchanalizing (participle, present) bacchanalized (participle, past) bacchanalized (past) bacchanalise (alternative)

Questions

What does bacchanalize mean?: To behave as if at a bacchanal; to revel riotously.
Where does bacchanalize come from?: From bacchanal + -ize.

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