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Bacchanalia
English
Etymology
Latin Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the plural Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, from Bacchus the god of wine, Greek Βακχος.
Noun (plural)
- (Mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
- Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels ; an orgy.
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