n. /bah'keuh nahl", bak'euh nal", bak"euh nl/ ; adj. /bak"euh nl/ , n.
1. a follower of Bacchus.
2. a drunken reveler.
3. an occasion of drunken revelry; orgy; bacchanalia.
adj.
4. pertaining to Bacchus; bacchanalian.
[ 1530-40; Bacchanal, equiv. to Bacch ( us ) + -anal, prob. as back formation from Bacchanalia; see BACCHANALIA ]
Syn. 3. saturnalia, debauch, spree, carousal.