bacchant

Meaning

Noun

1. A priest of Bacchus.
2. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Adj

fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

Synonyms

bacchanal

bacchante

drunken reveller

drunken reveler

tipsy

bacchantic

addicted to drinking

drunkard

maenad

Translations

βακχικός

bacante

bacant

orgiastisch

zechend

bacchantisch

βάκχις

βακχεύων

μαινάδα

orgiastique

baccanale

orgiastico

bacchico

gozzovigliando

orgiastisch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbækənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate rites of Bacchus; to revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).