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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Bacchanalian

/(băk`kȧ*nā"lĭ*an; 106)/ · Bac·cha·na·li·an · IPA /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/
01 a. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
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    Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
    “Even bacchanalian madness has its charms.” — Cowper.
02 n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
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    A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.