Found 2 items, similar to bacchanalia.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Bacchanalia Bacchanalia n 1: an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) [syn: Dionysia] 2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, drunken revelry]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bacchanalia Bacchanalia \Bac`cha*na"li*a\ (b[a^]k`k[.a]*n[=a]"l[i^]*[.a]), n. pl. [L. Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl. Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, fr. Bacchus the god of wine, Gr. Ba`kchos.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Myth.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy. [1913 Webster]