bacchant
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Etymology edit
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).
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Noun edit
bacchant (plural bacchants or bacchantes)
Adjective edit
bacchant (comparative more bacchant, superlative most bacchant)
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References edit
- “bacchant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.