Bacchanalian

Definition

Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

Etymology

From Bacchanalia + -an.

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonyms: bacchic, bacchian; Dionysiac, Dionysian; dionysiac, dionysian"
• "Even Bacchanalian madness has its charms."
• "The dancing and shouting of the children around the fire had become even more bacchanalian."