bacchant

Meanings

Noun

someone who engages in drinking bouts
a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
(classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
A priest of Bacchus.
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Adj

fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate rites of Bacchus; to revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Synonyms

bacchanal, bacchanalian, drunken reveler, drunken reveller

Scrabble Score: 17

bacchant is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bacchant is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bacchant is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

bacchant is a valid Words With Friends word