— bacchantic , adj.
/bak"euhnt, beuh kant", -kahnt"/ , n. , pl. bacchants, bacchantes /beuh kan"teez, -kahn"-/ , adj.
n.
1. a priest, priestess, or votary of Bacchus; bacchanal.
2. a drunken reveler.
adj.
3. inclined to revelry.
[ 1690-1700; bacchant- (s. of bacchans, prp. of bacchari to revel). See BACCHUS, -ANT ]