bacchante en · NOUN
Meanings
- A priestess of Bacchus.
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A female bacchanal.
“… There was a man who always painted marble seats and another who did nothing but sheep. So a fellow I knew determined only to paint backs. Men's backs, women's backs, girls' backs and boys backs. […] his best known bacchante was described by a critic as all back and no ante, but his backs became famous. […]”
1936, Herbert Adams, chapter 2, in A Word of Six Letters:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacchante | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bacchantes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
ru вакха́нка (a priestess of Bacchus) · pl bachantka (a priestess of Bacchus)