Bacchic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or honoring Bacchus.
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(lowercase) riotously or jovially intoxicated; drunken.
adjective
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of or relating to Bacchus
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(often not capital) riotously drunk
Etymology
Origin of Bacchic
1660–70; < Latin Bacchicus < Greek Bakkhikós. See Bacchus, -ic
Example Sentences
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If you know of another way to identify a cry of impassioned rapture in ancient Bacchic revels, I’d like to hear it.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2018
In Constantinople, the spiritual headquarters of Eastern Christendom, the seventh-century church was still frantically trying to ban the Bacchanalian festivities that legitimized cross-dressing, mask-wearing and Bacchic adulation.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2018
The effect, as one art historian has noted, “is like one of the Bacchic scenes from a villa at Pompeii.”
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2017
Convulsion begins: a Bacchic ecstasy of vino nero, roaring scooters, rock 'n' roll.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had no wailing and lamentations for the sufferings of their gods, nor like the Greeks, any Bacchic orgies, or vigils of men and women together in the temples.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
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