Bacchanalian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
    — With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Greek,Roman,not-comparable
    — Near-synonyms: bacchic, bacchian; Dionysiac, Dionysian; dionysiac, dionysian
  2. Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry. broadly,not-comparable
    — The dancing and shouting of the children around the fire had become even more bacchanalian.

词形变化

bacchanalian alternative Bacchanalians plural bacchanalian alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English Bacchanalia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Bacchanalian
From Bacchanalia + -an.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English Bacchanalia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Bacchanalian
From Bacchanalia + -an.
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