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单词 bacchant
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bac•chant  (bak′ənt, bə kant′, -känt′),USA pronunciation n., pl. bac•chants, bac•chan•tes (bə kan′tēz, -kän′-),USA pronunciation adj. 
n. 
  1. Mythologya priest, priestess, or votary of Bacchus;
    bacchanal.
  2. a drunken reveler.

adj. 
  1. inclined to revelry.
  • Latin bacchant- (stem of bacchāns, present participle of bacchārī to revel). See Bacchus, -ant
  • 1690–1700
bac•chan′tic, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bacchant /ˈbækənt/ n ( pl bacchants, bacchantes /bəˈkæntɪz/)
  1. a priest or votary of Bacchus
  2. a drunken reveller
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin bacchāns, from bacchārī to celebrate the bacchanalia
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