bacchanalian

1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian.

   Within three hours we'd drunk the place dry. Miraculously, we all made it back on the bus, but I've never seen a more bacchanalian scene of wanton debauchery than the ride back to the hotel.

   2015, Adam Jones, Bomb: My Autobiography

plural bacchanalians

1. Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian.

   With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.

   1894, George du Maurier, “Part Third”, in Trilby: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 165

alternative bacchanalian

1. GreekRomannot comparablehuman sciencesOf or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

   Near-synonyms: bacchic, bacchian; Dionysiac, Dionysian; dionysiac, dionysian

   1 more example

   Even Bacchanalian madness has its charms.

   1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error

   Synonyms: bacchic, bacchian, Dionysiac, Dionysian, dionysiac, dionysian

2. broadlynot comparableOf or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry.

   The dancing and shouting of the children around the fire had become even more bacchanalian.

   1949, George R. Stewart, Part II, Chapter 6, in Earth Abides

plural Bacchanalians · alternative bacchanalian

1. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

   With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.

   1894, George du Maurier, “Part Third”, in Trilby: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 165