bacchant

[ bak-uhnt, buh-kant, -kahnt ]

noun

, plural bac·chants, bac·chan·tes [b, uh, -, kan, -teez, -, kahn, -].

1. a priest, priestess, or votary of Bacchus; bacchanal.
2. a drunken reveler.

adjective

1. inclined to revelry.

bacchant

/ ˈbækənt /

noun

1. a priest or votary of Bacchus
2. a drunken reveller

Other Words From

• bac·chantic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bacchant¹

First recorded in 1690–1700, bacchant is from the Latin word bacchant- (stem of bacchāns, present participle of bacchārī to revel). See Bacchus, -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of bacchant¹

C17: from Latin bacchāns , from bacchārī to celebrate the bacchanalia

Example Sentences

He was in this, just as he was in everything else, a remnant of a past age; he had merely been transformed into a Bacchant!

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But shall I be more like a Bacchant holding the thyrsus in my right hand, or in this?

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Scenes of bacchant excitement and of wildest abandonment may be witnessed here.

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