Bacchanalianadj.n.
/bakəˈneɪlɪən/ A. adj.
1. Of, connected with, or relating to Bacchanals.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [adjective] > of deities > of Bacchus
Bacchanal1550
Bacchanalian1622
Bacchic1669
Bacchante1821
Bacchantic1845
1622 Paradox in Harl. Misc. I. 267 Scarce sufficient to make a Bacchanalian sacrifice.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Bacchanalean frowes, Women-Bacchus-Priests.
1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 4 An antique vase, with Bacchanalian masks.
2. Characterized by, connected with, or given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken, roystering.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > riotously drunk
Bacchanalian1565
Bacchical1665
roaring drunk1678
rouzy-bouzy1693
Bacchic1699
Bacchanal1713
1565 J. Stow Summarie Eng. Chrons. (R.) Shamelesse drunken bacchanalian women.
1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B2 Or else heating Tauernes, desires to take the Bacchanalian degrees.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 71. ⁋6 We are importuned by the bacchanalian writers to lay hold on the present hour.
1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent I. viii. 172 Began to chant in bacchanalian tones, a song that was tipsily discordant.
B. n.
A bacchanal, a drunken reveller, a tippler.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess
houndOE
drinkerc1200
keach-cup?c1225
gulchcupa1250
bollerc1320
taverner1340
ale stake?1515
wine-bibber1535
bibber1536
swill-bowl1542
malt-wormc1550
rinse-pitcher1552
bibblera1556
ale knight1556
tosspot1568
ring-pigger1570
troll-the-bowl1575
malt-bug1577
gossip-pint-pot1580
black pot1582
alehouse knight1583
worrier1584
suck-spigot1585
bezzle1592
bezzlera1593
cup-leech1593
soaker1593
carouser1596
barley-cap1598
swiller1598
rob-pot1599
Philistine1600
sponge1600
wine-knight1601
fill-knaga1605
reel-pot1604
faithful1609
fill-pot1609
bouser1611
spigot-sucker1611
suck-pint1611
whip-can1611
bib-all-night1612
afternoon man1615
potling1616
Bacchanalian1617
bombard1617
pot-shot1617
potisuge1620
trougha1625
tumbrila1625
borachioa1627
pot-leech1630
kill-pota1637
biberon1637
bang-pitcher1639
son of Bacchusc1640
shuffler1642
suck-bottlea1652
swill-pot1653
poter1657
potatora1660
old soaker1665
fuddle cap1666
old toast1668
bubber1669
toper1673
ale-toast1691
Bacchant1699
fuddler1699
swill-belly1699
tickle-pitcher1699
whetter1709
draughtsmanc1720
bender1728
drammer1740
dram-drinker1744
drammist1756
rum-bud1805
siper1805
Bacchanal1812
boozera1819
rum-sucker1819
soak1820
imp of the spigot1821
polyposist1821
wineskin1821
sack-guzzler1823
sitfast1828
swill-flagon1829
cup-man1834
swiper1836
Lushington1851
lushing-man1859
bloat1860
pottle pot1860
tipsificator1873
tipsifier1873
pegger1874
swizzler1876
bibulant1883
toss-cup1883
lusher1895
stew-bum1902
shicker1906
stiff1907
souse1915
booze-hound1926
stumblebum1932
tanker1932
lush-hound1935
lushy1944
lush-head1945
binge drinker1946
pisshead1946
hophead1948
1617 N. Assheton Jrnl. (1848) 50 All this morning we plaid the bacchanalians.
a1704 T. Brown To Young Lady in Wks. (1707) I. i. 96 Let Bacchanalians..Hunt out champain.
1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board II. iv. 28 In all the disorder of a troop of bacchanalians.
Derivatives
Bacchaˈnalianism n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun]
overdrinkeOE
drinkingc1200
excessc1386
bibbinga1400
bollingc1540
boozingc1540
bousingc1540
swillingc1563
tippling1567
carousing1582
swinking1590
bezzling1598
swill1602
swink1611
overdrinking1616
popination1623
sottishness1648
fuddling1665
toping1668
bibbership1670
abuse1732
dram-drinking1772
dramminga1790
potation1808
spree1811
muzzling1828
bibbery1831
Bacchanalianism1855
Bacchanalism1858
smiling1858
bibulation1882
tanking1891
reeler1950
1855 Scot. Rev. 267 To lend the power of his genius to bacchanalianism.
ˈBacchanalism n. bacchanalian practices, drunken revelry.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun]
overdrinkeOE
drinkingc1200
excessc1386
bibbinga1400
bollingc1540
boozingc1540
bousingc1540
swillingc1563
tippling1567
carousing1582
swinking1590
bezzling1598
swill1602
swink1611
overdrinking1616
popination1623
sottishness1648
fuddling1665
toping1668
bibbership1670
abuse1732
dram-drinking1772
dramminga1790
potation1808
spree1811
muzzling1828
bibbery1831
Bacchanalianism1855
Bacchanalism1858
smiling1858
bibulation1882
tanking1891
reeler1950
1858 R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony II. 214 Four years of bacchanalism..which the Count had passed.
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Bacchaˈnalianly adv. with drunken revelry (in Webster 1864).
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