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bacchanale

bacchanale is the alternative spelling of bacchanal.

Meaning of bacchanal

Noun

bacchanal (plural bacchanals)

  1. A devotee of Bacchus.
  2. Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
    • The riot of the tipsie Bachanalsc. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
  3. (in plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
  4. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
  5. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
  6. (Trinidad-and-Tobago, informal) drama, ruckus, fiasco

See all 8 meanings of bacchanal

Forms of bacchanale

pluralbacchanales

Questions about bacchanale

What is bacchanale the alternative spelling of?
Bacchanale is the alternative spelling of bacchanal.

Words near bacchanale in the dictionary

  1. baccatin
  2. baccatins
  3. baccer
  4. Bacchae
  5. bacchanal
  6. bacchanale
  7. bacchanales
  8. bacchanalia
  9. bacchanalian
  10. bacchanalianism
  11. bacchanalianisms

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