bacchanalian adj 1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: {bacchanalian}, {bacchanal}, {bacchic}, {carousing}, {orgiastic}]
Bacchanalian \Bac`cha*na"li*an\ (b[a^]k`k[.a]*n[=a]"l[i^]*an; 106), a. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. [1913 Webster] Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Bacchanalian \Bac`cha*na"li*an\, n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. [1913 Webster]