bacchanalia | ||
1. | [ noun ] (antiquity,Greek antiquity) an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) | |
Synonyms: | Dionysia | |
Related terms: | festival | |
2. | [ noun ] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | |
Synonyms: | debauch saturnalia debauchery riot bacchanal drunken_revelry orgy | |
Related terms: | revel carouse | |
Similar spelling: |
bacchanalian bacchanal back-channel back_channel |