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bacchant

/ˈbækənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bac-cha-nt
IPA
/ˈbækənt/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A priest of Bacchus.

noun

A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

adj

fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate rites of Bacchus; to revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Βάκχος

Inflected Forms

bacchants (plural) bacchantes (plural) more bacchant (comparative) most bacchant (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

bacchante

Synonyms

bacchanalian bacchanal drunken reveler drunken reveller

Questions

How do you pronounce bacchant?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbækənt/.
What does bacchant mean?
A priest of Bacchus.
Where does bacchant come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce bacchant

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