bacchanal

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who engages in drinking bouts
  2. noun a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
  3. noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Etymology

From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.

In classic literature

Synonyms

drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchant

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