Bacchanalia definition

Bacchanalia

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WordNet

noun

(1) A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

(2) An orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)

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Etymology

From , plural of , from , from .

Noun

A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.

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