bacchiacadj.
/baˈkʌɪak/ Of the nature of a bacchius n.; consisting of or characterized by bacchii.
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bacchiac1766
1766 R. Lowth Larger Confut. Bp. Hare 36 Bacchiac and Cretic Feet.
1855 F. A. Paley Æschylus 204/2 The bacchiac metre also suggests τί ταύτᾳ for τί τᾳ̑δε.
1857 E. S. Parry Terentii Comœd. p. lix Cretic and bacchiac measures.
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adj.1766- to give a person the long handle
- to give a person the looking on
- to give a person the lurch
- to give a person the meeting
- to give a person the mitten
- to give a person the oo
- to give a person the overthrow
- to give a person the parabien
- to give a person the parabien of
- to give a person the pip
- to give a person the push
- to give a person the revolt
- to give a person the road
- to give a person the rough edge of one's tongue
- to give a person the runaround
- to give a person the rush
- to give a person the sack
- to give a person the screaming habdabs
- to give a person the shits
- to give a person the shoot
- to give a person the sick
- to give a person the silent treatment
- to give a person the tomtits
- to give a person the verbal
- to give a person the verbals