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Bacchanal

1530s (n.), "riotous, drunken roistering;" 1540s (adj.) "pertaining to Bacchus," from Latin bacchanalis "having to do with Bacchus (q.v.). Meaning "characterized by intemperate drinking" is from 1711; meaning "one who indulges in drunken revels" is from 1812.

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Bacchus 
Greek god of wine and revelry, a later name of Dionysus, late 15c., from Latin Bacchus, from Greek Bakkhos, perhaps related to Latin bacca "berry, fruit of a tree or shrub" (see bay (n.4)), or from an Asian language. Perhaps originally a Thracian fertility god.
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Definitions of Bacchanal
1
bacchanal (n.)
someone who engages in drinking bouts;
Synonyms: drunken reveler / drunken reveller / bacchant
bacchanal (n.)
a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus;
Synonyms: bacchant
bacchanal (n.)
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity;
Synonyms: orgy / debauch / debauchery / saturnalia / riot / bacchanalia / drunken revelry
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bacchanal (adj.)
used of riotously drunken merrymaking;
Synonyms: bacchanalian / bacchic / carousing / orgiastic
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