Bacchant Definition
bə-kănt, -känt, băkənt
bacchantes, bacchants
noun
bacchants
A priest or votary of Bacchus.
American Heritage
A priest or worshiper of Bacchus.
Webster's New World
A boisterous reveler.
American Heritage
A drunken carouser.
Webster's New World
A priest of Bacchus.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- bacchanal
- drunken reveller
- drunken reveler
adjective
Worshiping Bacchus.
Webster's New World
Given to carousing.
Webster's New World
Origin of Bacchant
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From Latin bacchāntem, accusative singular of bacchāns (“reveling”), present active participle of bacchor (“celebrate rites of Bacchus; revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bakkhos).
From Wiktionary
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Latin bacchāns bacchant- present participle of bacchārī to celebrate the festival of Bacchus from Bacchus Bacchus Bacchus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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