debacchate

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/dɪˈbækeɪt/

verb

To rant as if drunk.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:debacchate.”

OriginLatin dēbacchātus →
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Meanings

verbdebacchate (third-person singular simple present debacchates, present participle debacchating, simple past and past participle debacchated)

present singular third person debacchates · participle present debacchating · participle past debacchated · past debacchated

  1. rareTo rant as if drunk.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:debacchate.

Origin

  1. Latindēbacchor
  2. Latindēbacchātus
  3. Englishdebacchate

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dēbacchātus, perfect active participle of Latin dēbacchor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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APA

debacchate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debacchate

MLA

“debacchate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debacchate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debacchate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debacchate.

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