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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate rites of Bacchus; to revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).
Pronunciation
Noun
bacchant (plural bacchants or bacchantes)
- A priest of Bacchus.
- A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
Adjective
bacchant (comparative more bacchant, superlative most bacchant)
- fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.
- Synonym: bacchanalian
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