n.
Pronunciation: b ə - ' kant, - ' känt; ' ba-k ə nt, ' bä-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural bacchants or bacchantes \ b ə - ' kants, - ' känts, - ' kan-t ē z, - ' kän-t ē z \
Etymology: Latin bacchant-, bacchans, from present participle of bacchari to take part in the orgies of Bacchus
Date: 1699
: BACCHANAL
– bacchant adjective