bacchanalia

IPA: bækʌnˈeɪɫjʌ

Root Word: Bacchanalia

noun

  • (Greek mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
  • Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.
  • (by extension) Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy. [Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.]

Examples of "bacchanalia" in Sentences

  • The celebration is a Bacchanalia of the evil and demonic powers.
  • But I have never experienced Fat Thursday as such a bacchanalia.
  • Russia players accused of 'bacchanalia' before World Cup qualifiers
  • The bacchanalia were originaly held in secret and only attended by women.
  • The bacchanalia were originally held in secret and only attended by women.
  • The term bacchanalia has since been extended to refer to any drunken revelry.
  • She wanders into an idyllic glen, where a kind of bacchanalia is taking place.
  • Earlier, Voronin had demanded an end to what he called the "bacchanalia" of protests.
  • Elton John was having his annual Oscar-time birthday bacchanalia at a private room in the Beverly Hills Hotel.
  • Earlier, Voronin had demanded an end to what he called the "bacchanalia" of protests, saying: "Challenging the results of the election is no more than a pretext.
  • To see the symbols of violence - yellow barricades, barrels, armed guards, Police jeeps and sniffer dogs - intermingled with the bacchanalia is a strange juxtaposition for us used to a different atmosphere.

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