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bacchant

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
20
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbækənt/
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/ˈbækənt/ · /bəkant/

Definition of bacchant

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A priest of Bacchus.
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noun

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

adj

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

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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).

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