n. & adj.
n. (pl. bacchants or bacchantes; fem. bacchante) 1 a priest, worshipper, or follower of Bacchus. 2 a drunken reveller.
adj. 1 of or like Bacchus or his rites. 2 riotous, roistering. bacchantic adj.
[ F bacchante f. L bacchari celebrate Bacchanal rites ]