Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bacchant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /bəkant/
  • /ˈbækənt/

Etymology

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).

Meanings

  1. fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most bacchant Degree=Sup lexicographic
Bacchant alternative lexicographic
more bacchant Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

bacchante

Synonyms

bacchanalian

bacchant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /bəkant/
  • /ˈbækənt/

Etymology

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).

Meanings

  1. A priest of Bacchus.
  2. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bacchantes Number=Plur lexicographic
Bacchant alternative lexicographic
bacchants Number=Plur lexicographic