Definition of BACCHANT

bacchant

Plural: bacchantes, bacchants, bachants

Noun

  • A priest, priestess, or follower of the wine god Bacchus.
  • someone who engages in drinking bouts
  • a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
  • (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
  • A priest of Bacchus.
  • A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Adj

  • fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

Examples

  • He celebrated his bingo with the wild joy of a bacchant.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate rites of Bacchus; to revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Synonyms

bacchanal, drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanalian

Scrabble Score: 17

bacchant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bacchant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bacchant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

bacchant: valid Words With Friends Word