bacchant
11bacchant — 1. noun /ˈbækənt/ a) A priest of Bacchus. b) A bacchanal; a reveler. 2. adjective /ˈbækənt/ Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine loving; reveling; carousing. See Also …
12Bacchant — Bac|chant 〈[ xạnt] m. 16〉 1. Diener des röm. Weingottes Bacchus 2. 〈poet.〉 trunkener Schwärmer * * * Bac|chạnt, der; en, en [mlat. bacchans (Gen.: bacchantis), zu lat. bacchari = toben, ausgelassen feiern, eigtl. = das Bacchusfest feiern]… …
13Bacchant — Bac|chant 〈 [ xạnt] m.; Gen.: en, Pl.: en〉 1. Diener des Bacchus 2. trunkener Schwärmer …
14Bacchant — Bac|chant der; en, en <aus lat. bacchans, Gen. bacchantis, Part. Präs. von bacchari »das Bacchusfest begehen«>: 1. (dichter.) weinseliger Trinker; trunkener Schwärmer. 2. fahrender Schüler im Mittelalter …
15bacchant — bac·chant || bækÉ™nt n. priest of Bacchus; follower of Bacchus (Mythology); drunk, drunkard …
16bacchant — [ bakənt] noun (plural bacchants or bacchantes bə kanti:z; fem. bacchante bə kant, bə kanti) a priest, priestess, or follower of the god Bacchus. Origin C16: from Fr. bacchante, from L. bacchari celebrate the feast of Bacchus …
17bacchant — bac·chant …
18bacchant — bac•chant [[t]ˈbæk ənt, bəˈkænt, ˈkɑnt[/t]] n. pl. bac•chants, bac•chan•tes [[t]bəˈkæn tiz, ˈkɑn [/t]] adj. 1) myt a votary of Bacchus 2) a drunken reveler 3) inclined to revelry • Etymology: 1690–1700; < L; see Bacchus bac•chan′tic, adj …
19bacchant — /ˈbækənt/ (say bakuhnt) noun (plural bacchants or bacchantes /bəˈkæntiz/ (say buh kanteez)) 1. a priest, priestess or votary of Bacchus; a bacchanal. 2. a drunken reveller. {Latin bacchans, present participle, celebrating the festival of Bacchus} …
20bacchant — fem. (pl. es). priest or votary of Bacchus. ♦ bacchante, n. such priestess or female votary. ♦ bacchantic, a …
