bacchanal
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈbækəˌnæl/
- NSFW
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bacanal
- The festival quickly became a bacchanal, with people dancing and drinking late into the night.
- a drunken bacchanal
- an annual bacchanal
- a long bacchanal
Examples
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Everyone at the celebration embraced the spirit of the bacchanal, indulging in music, food, and drink.
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This was the first time I'd attended one of his bacchanals.
Fiction book (1991) -
Later on, we meet our old friend, Bacchus, the god of wine, presiding over a bacchanal.
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By a marvelous coincidence, the British foreign office was declassifying all documents relating to this bacchanal when I stopped in London on the way home from Iran.
Academic text (2002) -
Suddenly, the screen filled with lusty naked young bodies writhing in a creatively choreographed bacchanal.
Fiction book (2001) -
Chauveau staged a bacchanal behind the dancer and armed the figures with tambourines and flutes (Fig. 12).
Academic text (2001) -
After a few rounds of drinks, the party turned into a wild bacchanal full of laughter and chaos.
Synonyms
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8.1
A wild party where people drink a lot and have sex with many others
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6.1
Lively noisy party with drinking and dancing
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6.3
A loud happy party with dancing and drinking
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9.9
A wild party with a lot of drinking, dancing, and people having sex
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9.9
A wild party with much drinking and sex
A loud party where people drink too much and act wild
A noisy party where people drink and have fun
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Etymology
Bacchanal comes from Bacchus, the Roman 'wine god' whose ancient festivals were loud and wild, so a Bacchanal is a wild, drunken celebration.