bacchanal
nounEtymology From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.
1
A devotee of Bacchus.
2
Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
- The riot of the tipsie Bachanalsc. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
3
In plural The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
4
Drunken revelry; an orgy.
5
A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
6
Trinidad and Tobago, Informal drama, ruckus, fiasco