Translations

5 languages

Meaning

3 senses
  1. Of or relating to Bacchus.

    Near-synonyms: Dionysiac, Dionysian

  2. By extension, drunken.

    Near-synonyms: bacchanalian, bacchian; dionysiac, dionysian

    used of riotously drunken merrymaking

  3. Relating to a bacchius.

Origin

From Latin Bacchicus.

From Latin Bacchicus.

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Forms

more bacchic, most bacchic
Comparativemore bacchic Lesson
Superlativemost bacchic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Of or relating to Bacchus:DionysiacDionysian
By extension, drunken:bacchanalianbacchian
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relateddionysiac

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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