bacchanal
noun
[ ˈbakən(ə)l ]
• a wild and drunken celebration.
• "the event has morphed into one of the most shamelessly drunken bacchanals on the social calendar"
• a priest, worshipper, or follower of Bacchus.
bacchanal
adjective
• another term for bacchanalian.
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin bacchanalis, from the name of the god Bacchus.
