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comast

comast noun: a reveler, usually drunken or riotous.

Noun

comast (plural comasts)

  1. A reveler, usually drunken or riotous.
    • 1996: Festivals of Dionysus were often characterized by ritual license and revelry, including reversal of social roles, cross-dressing by boys and men . . ., drunken comasts in the streets, as well as widespread boisterousness and obscenity. — The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd edition, p. 481.
    Synonyms:
    reveler

Synonyms of comast

Forms of comast

pluralcomasts
alternative formkomast

Origin of comast

From Ancient Greek κωμαστής (kōmastḗs, “reveler”), from κῶμος (kômos, “merrymaking”).

Questions about comast

What does comast mean?
Comast means a reveler, usually drunken or riotous.
What part of speech is comast?
Comast is a noun.
What is the plural of comast?
The plural of comast is comasts.

Words near comast in the dictionary

  1. Comarnic
  2. comas
  3. Comasagua
  4. comass
  5. comasses
  6. comast
  7. comasterid
  8. comasterids
  9. comastic
  10. comasts
  11. comate

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