Bacchant Definition

bə-kănt, -känt, băkənt
bacchantes, bacchants
noun
bacchants
A priest or votary of Bacchus.
American Heritage
A priest or worshiper of Bacchus.
Webster's New World
A boisterous reveler.
American Heritage
A drunken carouser.
Webster's New World

A priest of Bacchus.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • bacchanal
  • drunken reveller
  • drunken reveler
adjective
Worshiping Bacchus.
Webster's New World
Given to carousing.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bacchant

Noun

Singular:
bacchant
Plural:
bacchantes, bacchants

Origin of Bacchant

  • From Latin bacchāntem, accusative singular of bacchāns (“reveling”), present active participle of bacchor (“celebrate rites of Bacchus; revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bakkhos).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin bacchāns bacchant- present participle of bacchārī to celebrate the festival of Bacchus from Bacchus Bacchus Bacchus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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