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Bacchic
[ bak-ik ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or honoring Bacchus.
- (lowercase) riotously or jovially intoxicated; drunken.
Bacchic
/ ˈbækɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to Bacchus
- often not capital riotously drunk
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They joined in bands of youths and maidens and whirled down the Avenue in Bacchic madness.
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It is unnecessary to say that they are not Bacchic songs celebrating the juice of the grape, or anything like it.
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At that moment the seigneur of Chivry struck up the fourth couplet of his Bacchic song.
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Between the heads are thyrsi or Bacchic rods entwined with ivy and vine shoots, and litui or augural wands used in taking omens.
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Now this cone and stem are carried in the Bacchic festivities, and can be readily recognised as virga cum ovo.
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