bacchantic
1Bacchantic — Bac*chan tic, a. Bacchanalian. [1913 Webster] …
2bacchantic — See bacchant. * * * …
3bacchantic — adjective Bacchanalian …
4bacchantic — bac·chan·tic …
5bacchantic — adjective of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler • Pertains to noun: ↑bacchant • Derivationally related forms: ↑bacchant …
6bacchant — bacchantic, adj. /bak euhnt, beuh kant , kahnt /, n., pl. bacchants, bacchantes /beuh kan teez, kahn /, adj. n. 1. a priest, priestess, or votary of Bacchus; bacchanal. 2. a drunken reveler. adj. 3. inclined to revelry. [1690 1700; < L bacchant… …
7Bacchus — Roman god of wine; the Greek equivalent was Dionysus. Words derived from Bacchus are usually not capitalized but do retain ccspelling: bacchanalian, bacchic, bacchantic …
8bacchant — /ˈbækənt/ (say bakuhnt) noun (plural bacchants or bacchantes /bəˈkæntiz/ (say buh kanteez)) 1. a priest, priestess or votary of Bacchus; a bacchanal. 2. a drunken reveller. {Latin bacchans, present participle, celebrating the festival of Bacchus} …
9bacchant — fem. (pl. es). priest or votary of Bacchus. ♦ bacchante, n. such priestess or female votary. ♦ bacchantic, a …
10bacchant — [bak′ənt] n. pl. bacchants or bacchantes [bə kan′tēz, bəkän′tēz] [< L bacchans, prp. of bacchari, to celebrate the feast of BACCHUS] 1. a priest or worshiper of Bacchus 2. a drunken carouser adj. 1. worshiping Bacchus …
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