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bacchanals

bacchanals is the plural 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

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Questions about bacchanals

What is bacchanals the plural of?
Bacchanals is the plural of bacchanal.

Words near bacchanals in the dictionary

  1. bacchanalization
  2. bacchanalize
  3. bacchanalized
  4. bacchanalizes
  5. bacchanalizing
  6. bacchanals
  7. bacchanology
  8. bacchant
  9. bacchante
  10. bacchantes
  11. bacchantic

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