BACCHANT

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. øøbacchantic adj. [F bacchante f. L bacchari celebrate Bacchanal rites]