bacchic

/'bækənl/ Cách viết khác : (Bacchic) /'bækik/

Thân thiện

A group of friends enjoys a bacchic celebration at a lively outdoor feast.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or characteristic of the god Bacchus (Dionysus) in Greek and Roman mythology: Pertaining to the god of wine, fertility, and ritual ecstasy.
   • Characterized by or given to drunken revelry and riotous merrymaking: Describing wild, drunken, and orgiastic festivities.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The festival had a distinctly bacchic atmosphere, with wine flowing freely and ecstatic dancing.
  • He was known for his bacchic excesses during the holiday season.
  • The painting depicted a bacchic procession of satyrs and maenads.

Advanced Usage

• "Bacchic rites": The religious ceremonies and festivals dedicated to Bacchus/Dionysus, often involving ecstatic states.
  • The ancient bacchic rites were secretive and involved rituals that could lead to a state of divine possession.
• "Bacchic frenzy": A state of wild, ecstatic, and often drunken excitement.
  • The music drove the crowd into a bacchic frenzy.

Variants and Related Words

• Bacchanal (noun/adjective): A drunken reveler; or an occasion of wild, drunken festivity. Also used as an adjective meaning riotously drunken.
  • The party turned into a wild bacchanal.
• Bacchanalia (noun, often capitalized): The Roman festival of Bacchus; more generally, a wild, drunken party or orgy.
• Bacchant (noun): A priest, priestess, or follower of Bacchus; a reveler.
• Bacchante (noun): A female follower of Bacchus; a female reveler.

Synonyms

• Dionysian: Pertaining to Dionysus, synonymous with unrestrained, ecstatic, and sensual.
• Orgiastic: Characterized by wild revelry and unrestrained indulgence.
• Riotous: Marked by unrestrained revelry and boisterous behavior.
• Carousing: Engaged in noisy, drunken merrymaking.

Related Phrases

• Bacchic revelry: A specific phrase denoting drunken, ecstatic celebration.
  • The town was known for its annual night of Bacchic revelry.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. used of riotously drunken merrymaking
   • a night of bacchanalian revelry
   • carousing bands of drunken soldiers
   • orgiastic festivity

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bacchanalian
• bacchanal
• carousing
• orgiastic