Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bacchanal

Bacchanal ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Latin Bacchanalis. See Bacchanalia.]

1.
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
2.
Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

Bacchanal (bak"kȧ*nal) , noun

1.
A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
Tipsy bacchanals. — Shakespeare
2.
The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
3.
Drunken revelry; an orgy.
4.
A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.