Bacchicadj.n.
/ˈbakɪk/, U.S. /ˈbɑkɪk/, /ˈbækɪk/ A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to Bacchus or his worship.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to Bacchus
Bacchanal1550
Dionysiana1610
honey-lipped1647
Bacchic1669
Dionysic1831
Dionysiac1844
Dionysiacal1858
society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [adjective] > of deities > of Bacchus
Bacchanal1550
Bacchanalian1622
Bacchic1669
Bacchante1821
Bacchantic1845
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. iii. 30 The Bacchic Music was famous throughout Asia.
1736 W. Stukeley Palæogr. Sacra 39 The Bacchic Orgia were celebrated on the tops of hills and desolate wild places.
1843 Mrs. H. Gray Tour Sepul. Etruria iv. 189 Gracefully twined with branches of bacchic ivy.
2. Inspired with the frenzy of a votary of Bacchus, frenzied; riotously drunken, roystering, jovial.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > extravagant or rapturous excitement > [adjective]
delirious1599
Bacchical1665
Bacchic1699
maniac1809
manic1823
maniacal1866
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > riotously drunk
Bacchanalian1565
Bacchical1665
roaring drunk1678
rouzy-bouzy1693
Bacchic1699
Bacchanal1713
the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]
blitheOE
merryOE
golikc1175
lustya1225
playfulc1225
jollyc1305
merrya1350
jocund?c1380
galliardc1386
in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395
mirthfula1400
baudec1400
gayc1400
jovy1426
jocantc1440
crank1499
envoisiesa1500
as merry as a cricket1509
pleasant1530
frolic?1548
jolious1575
gleeful1586
buxom1590
gleesome1590
festival1592
laughter-loving1592
disposed1593
jucund1596
heartsomec1600
jovial1607
jovialist1610
laughsome1612
jocundary1618
gaysome1633
chirpinga1637
jovialissime1652
airy1654
festivous1654
hilarous1659
spleneticala1661
cocket1671
cranny1673
high1695
vogie1715
raffing?1719
festal1724
as merry (or lively) as a grig1728
hearty1755
tittuping1772
festive1774
fun-loving1776
mirthsome1787
Falstaffian1809
cranky1811
laughful1825
as lively as a cricket1832
hurrah1835
hilarious1838
Bacchic1865
laughterful1874
griggish1879
banzai1929
slap-you-on-the-back1932
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xxiii. 255 Women Priests..filled with a Bacchick Fury.
1865 D. M. Mulock Christian's Mistake 17 He..then broke into a broad, genial laugh, quite Bacchic.
1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece xi. 330 (note) Like Bacchic maidens who draw milk and honey from the rivers.
absol. A drinking-song. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > drinking-song
drinking-song1597
wassail1607
Bacchic1676
Bacchanaliaa1680
epileny1708
tavern-song1823
wassail-song1829
pot-song1850
wassailing song1914
1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 67 Let us have the new Bachique. O. Bell. A Dod that is a hard word! What does it mean Sir? Med. A Catch or drinking Song.
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