Bacchantn.adj.
/ˈbakənt/ A. n.
A priest, priestess, or inspired votary of Bacchus; hence, a drunken reveller, roysterer.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess
houndOE
drinkerc1200
keach-cup?c1225
gulchcupa1250
bollerc1320
taverner1340
ale stake?1515
wine-bibber1535
bibber1536
swill-bowl1542
malt-wormc1550
rinse-pitcher1552
bibblera1556
ale knight1556
tosspot1568
ring-pigger1570
troll-the-bowl1575
malt-bug1577
gossip-pint-pot1580
black pot1582
alehouse knight1583
worrier1584
suck-spigot1585
bezzle1592
bezzlera1593
cup-leech1593
soaker1593
carouser1596
barley-cap1598
swiller1598
rob-pot1599
Philistine1600
sponge1600
wine-knight1601
fill-knaga1605
reel-pot1604
faithful1609
fill-pot1609
bouser1611
spigot-sucker1611
suck-pint1611
whip-can1611
bib-all-night1612
afternoon man1615
potling1616
Bacchanalian1617
bombard1617
pot-shot1617
potisuge1620
trougha1625
tumbrila1625
borachioa1627
pot-leech1630
kill-pota1637
biberon1637
bang-pitcher1639
son of Bacchusc1640
shuffler1642
suck-bottlea1652
swill-pot1653
poter1657
potatora1660
old soaker1665
fuddle cap1666
old toast1668
bubber1669
toper1673
ale-toast1691
Bacchant1699
fuddler1699
swill-belly1699
tickle-pitcher1699
whetter1709
draughtsmanc1720
bender1728
drammer1740
dram-drinker1744
drammist1756
rum-bud1805
siper1805
Bacchanal1812
boozera1819
rum-sucker1819
soak1820
imp of the spigot1821
polyposist1821
wineskin1821
sack-guzzler1823
sitfast1828
swill-flagon1829
cup-man1834
swiper1836
Lushington1851
lushing-man1859
bloat1860
pottle pot1860
tipsificator1873
tipsifier1873
pegger1874
swizzler1876
bibulant1883
toss-cup1883
lusher1895
stew-bum1902
shicker1906
stiff1907
souse1915
booze-hound1926
stumblebum1932
tanker1932
lush-hound1935
lushy1944
lush-head1945
binge drinker1946
pisshead1946
hophead1948
society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of a deity > one who worships Bacchus
frow1567
Bacchanal1594
Bacchant1699
Bacchante1797
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ancient Greek > of Bacchus
frow1567
maenad1579
Bacchanal1594
Bacchant1699
Bacchante1797
Thyiad1846
1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Bacchante A Bacchant, a Priestess of Bacchus.
1774 Westm. Mag. 2 428 Bacchants reeling to the tipsy song.
1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 134 The thyrsus-bearers are many, but the bacchants few.
B. adj.
Bacchus-worshipping, wine-loving.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective]
bibbling1565
tippling1567
bousing1569
bibbing1594
stiff1594
upsy Dutch1612
bezzling1617
fuddling1654
potulent1656
toping1668
groggy1770
Bacchant1800
three-bottle1806
swilly1824
potatory1834
two-bottle1855
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adjective] > drinking wine > wine-loving
Bacchant1800
oenophilic1957
1800 T. Moore tr. Anacreon Odes iv. 15 Many a rose-lipped bacchant maid Is culling clusters in their shade.
1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xliii. 24 Over his shoulder, with a Bacchant air, Presented the o'erflowing cup.
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