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bacchanal

bac·cha·nal [ ˈba-kə-nᵊl]

bacchanal

noun

[ˈba-kə-nᵊl]

Definition of bacchanal

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : orgy sense 2

b : orgy sense 3

2a : a devotee of Bacchus
especially : one who celebrates the Bacchanalia

bacchanal

adjective

Definition of bacchanal (Entry 2 of 2)

: of, relating to, or suggestive of the Bacchanalia : bacchanalian

Recent Examples on the Web

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
//On a late summer Friday, bonfire sites didn’t fill up till almost 3 p.m. As with most bacchanals, the mood improves during the long summer sundown.
— Los Angeles Times, "‘Burning Man in the South Bay’: A crazy beach party aglow with bonfires and tradition," 29 Aug. 2019
//The scene is a slow-motion bacchanal, a tableau of pure glamour and delight, a snapshot of carnal-capitalist utopia.
— New York Times, "‘Hustlers’ Review: Ripping Off the Suits," 11 Sep. 2019
//The Pasta Napoletana is a fleshy bacchanal that tastes like someone scraped the top of a Meat Lover’s pizza onto a plate of spaghetti.
— Los Angeles Times, "Review: The Cheesecake Factory is the restaurant America wants, deserves," 20 Aug. 2019
//Early on, his OnlyFans page was a bacchanal of foot fetishism.
— Jason Parham, WIRED, "When Influencers Switch Platforms—and Bare It All," 19 Aug. 2019
//And in the early part of this decade, subscription music services like Spotify and Pandora, which offered an all-you-can-eat bacchanal of music for a monthly subscription fee, began to eat away at Apple’s advantage.
— Kevin Roose, New York Times, "A Farewell for iTunes," 3 June 2019
//An 18-hour bacchanal marked the hotel’s launch on January 9, 1927.
— Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, "Inside Frank Gehry's Overhaul of Garden of Allah, L.A.’s Most Infamous Corner," 25 Feb. 2019
//More Stories Barak Goodman’s PBS documentary joins a catalog of works immortalizing the Boomers’ signature bacchanal—a catalog that is growing yet again for the occasion of Woodstock’s 50th anniversary.
— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Why Woodstock Can Never Happen Again," 6 Aug. 2019
//Dozens try to vault the fences to join in the bacchanal, a few are banished in handcuffs, others are shuttled to hospitals for treatment.
— Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, "Lollapalooza review: A festival with a soul tries to peek out from a massive party," 5 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
//The sprawling bacchanal known as the South Beach Wine & Food Festival returns Feb. 19-23 with more than 100 events, but the Broward component for 2020 will be leaner by half.
— Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, "Fort Lauderdale lineup cut in half for SoBe Wine & Food Fest, while Palm Beach presence grows," 16 Sep. 2019
//That efficiency will be called on next week during Prime Day, a two-day retail bacchanal Amazon has been putting on since 2015.
— Mike Murphy, Quartz, "The only thing making Prime Day bearable for Amazon workers is the robots," 12 July 2019
//J’ouvert morning is considered to be the official start of Carnival bacchanal for St. John Festival 2019.
— Anquanette Gaspard, Essence, "We Come To Fete! The Ultimate Guide To St. John Carnival," 27 June 2019
//Prada cleverly conceived a hideaway that was, arguably, the most tranquil respite from the Basel bacchanal outside.
— Nick Remsen, Vogue, "Kanye West, Venus Williams, Emma Roberts, and Theaster Gates Party With Prada in Miami," 7 Dec. 2018
//In a more modern era, Elsa Schiaparelli, fashion’s great subverter and Surrealist, delivered a toque hat of bacchanal grapes in 1939.
— Steff Yotka, Vogue, "Fruit Prints Are This Summer’s Biggest Trend—But They Have a Long History in Fashion," 30 July 2018
//The post-bacchanal creativity extends to the literary scene in Port of Spain.
— New York Times, "In Post-Carnival Trinidad, the Party Never Really Ends," 22 Feb. 2018
//The entire country indulges in a week-long, blossomy bacchanal.
— Washington Post, "To compete with Japan’s cherry blossom bacchanal, D.C. needs to step up its game. Big time.," 2 Apr. 2018
//Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey, the front women of the incendiary heavy metal band Butcher Babies, howled about a bacchanal party during their performance Saturday at the Kansas Speedway.
— Bill Brownlee, kansascity, "Rockfest at the Kansas Speedway draws 30,000 — a big, loud, happy family," 3 June 2018

First Known Use of bacchanal

Noun

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adjective

1550, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for bacchanal

Noun

Latin, shrine of Bacchus, probably back-formation from Bacchanalia

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