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Bacchanal

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. "Tipsy bacchanals." Shak.

2. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.

3. Drunken revelry; an orgy.

4. A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.

2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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