definition of
bacchanal

[1] #1 bacchanal n. [drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchant] someone who engages in drinking bouts. wn

[2] #2 bacchanal s. [bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic] used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity". wn

[3] #3 bacchanal n. [bacchant] a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus. wn

[4] #4 bacchanal n. [orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity. wn