
Noah Webster
Bacchanal
BAC'CHANAL,
BACCHANA'LIAN, noun [from Bacchus, Gr., the deity of wine and revelling. Latin poculum.]
One who indulges in drunken revels; a drunkard; one who is noisy and riotous, when intoxicated.
BAC'CHANAL,
BACCHANA'LIAN, adjective Revelling in intemperate drinking; riotous; noisy.
BACCHANA'LIAN, adjective Pertaining to reveling and drunkenness. Even bacchanalian madness has its charms.