bacchanalian | (adj) used of riotously drunken merrymaking, Syn. bacchic, carousing, orgiastic, bacchanal |
buchanan | (n) 15th President of the United States (1791-1868), Syn. James Buchanan, President Buchanan |
chanar | (n) thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries, Syn. Geoffroea decorticans, chanal |
bacchant | (n) a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus, Syn. bacchanal |
brady | (n) United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917), Syn. Diamond Jim, James Buchanan Brady, Diamond Jim Brady |
dionysia | (n) an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus), Syn. Bacchanalia |
drunken reveler | (n) someone who engages in drinking bouts, Syn. drunken reveller, bacchant, bacchanal |
orgy | (n) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity, Syn. debauchery, riot, bacchanal, drunken revelry, saturnalia, bacchanalia, debauch |
Bacchanal | a. [ L. Bacchanalis. See Bacchanalia. ] 1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Bacchanal | n. 1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. “Tipsy bacchanals.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Drunken revelry; an orgy. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Bacchanalia | ‖n. pl. [ L. Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl. Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, fr. Bacchus the god of wine, Gr. Ba`kchos. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. (Myth.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Bacchanalian | a. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. [ 1913 Webster ] Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Bacchanalian | n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Bacchanalianism | n. The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry. [ 1913 Webster ] |
chanar | n. a thorny shrub or small tree (Geoffroea decorticans) common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries. Syn. -- chanal, Geoffroea decorticans. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
Psychanalysis | n. [ Psycho- + analysis. ] same as psychoanalysis; -- an older term now obsolete. -- Psy*chan`a*lyt"ic a. -- Psy`cha*nal"y*sist n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |