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bacchanalia"drunken revelry," 1630s, from the name of the Roman festival held in honor of Bacchus, from neuter plural of Latin bacchanalis (see bacchanal). A participant is a Bacchant (1690s), fem. Bac [..]
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bacchanaliaAn ancient Greek festival, which involved excessive drinking and promiscuity.
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bacchanalia(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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bacchanalia
(Greek mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
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