bacchant

English - Turkish

Definition of bacchant in English Turkish dictionary

{i} baküs rahibi

{i} ayyaş

içki alemi türünden

{i} sarhoş

ayyaş kimse

English - English

Definition of bacchant in English English dictionary

A bacchanal; a reveler

Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing

A priest of Bacchus

(classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus

{i} priest of Bacchus; follower of Bacchus (Mythology); drunk, drunkard

Hyphenation

bac·chant

Etymology

[ b&-'kant, -'känt; 'ba ] (noun.) 1699. From Latin bacchāntem, accusative singular of bacchāns (“reveling”), present active participle of bacchor (“celebrate rites of Bacchus; revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bakkhos).