Bacchic

[bak-ik]

adjective

of, pertaining to, or honoring Bacchus.

(lowercase) riotously or jovially intoxicated; drunken.

Origin:
1660–70; < Latin Bacchicus < Greek Bakkhikós. See Bacchus, -ic

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Bacchic (ˈbækɪk)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to Bacchus
2.	(often not capital) riotously drunk

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