bacchanalia
pronunciation
How to pronounce bacchanalia in British English:
UK [ˌbækə'neɪljə]
How to pronounce bacchanalia in American English:
US [ˌbækə'neɪljə]
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- Noun:
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Word Origin
- bacchanalia (n.)
- "drunken revelry," 1630s, from the name of the Roman festival held in honor of Bacchus, from neuter plural of Latin bacchanalis (see bacchanal). A participant is a Bacchant (1690s), fem. Bacchante, from French. The plural of both is Bacchantes.
Example
- 1. Bacchanalia : the ancient roman festival in honor of bacchus .
- 2. This is just the first stop of the no-holds-barred bacchanalia !
- 3. He denounced protests as a ' bacchanalia , ' predicted chaos in the coming days , and said opposition leaders would prove themselves incompetent .
- 4. Carnival bacchanalia words , when your sex are the first dai changqing rattan wreath , wearing animal clothes , holding a scepter , and a flute in the crisp sound of muffled jie gu , enjoy the binge drinking , wild dancing .
- 5. They seemed far removed from the housing and finance bacchanalia that spurred the latest recession . Indeed , employment never recovered from its previous collapse ( see chart ) .