bacchanalia

Noun (1)

bacchanalia (plural bacchanalias)

1. Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.
   • His sexuality had been an open secret within the industry for decades: his pool parties, described as “blond bacchanalias”, were legendary.2023 October 6, Ryan Gilbey, “The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
   • Now counting about 600 homes, it is a place of mythic weekend-long parties and carnal pleasure, a byword for bacchanalia and fleshy hedonism – but also simply a secluded haven where people can be themselves.2025 June 11, Oliver Wainwright, “‘Made for sex’: the hedonistic party palaces of New York’s Fire Island – and the blond bombshell who made them”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Noun (2) capitalized: Bacchanalia

IPA/ˌbækəˈneɪli.ə/

Bacchanalia

1. (Greek) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
2. (broadly) Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.