bacchant
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbacchant (plural bacchants or bacchantes)
Adjective
editbacchant (comparative more bacchant, superlative most bacchant)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “bacchant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.