a. [ L. Bacchanalis. See Bacchanalia. ]
n.
‖n. pl. [ L. Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl. Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, fr. Bacchus the god of wine, Gr.
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 ]
n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Psycho- + analysis. ] same as psychoanalysis; -- an older term now obsolete. --