bacchanalia

See also: Bacchanalia

English

Etymology

From Bacchanalia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbæk.əˈnɑː.lɪə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bacchanalia (plural bacchanalias)

1. Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.
   • 2023 October 6, Ryan Gilbey, “The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     His sexuality had been an open secret within the industry for decades: his pool parties, described as “blond bacchanalias”, were legendary.

Related terms

• bacchanal
• saturnalia
• dionysia

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: bacchanaal (nl) n
• Finnish: juomingit (fi) pl, bakkanaalit (fi) pl
• German: Bacchanal (de) n
• Hindi: मद्यपानोत्सव (madyapānotsav), भोग-विलास (bhog-vilās)
• Polish: bachanalia (pl) pl
• Russian: вакхана́лия (ru) f (vakxanálija), (пья́ный) разгу́л (ru) m (razgúl)