bacchic

See also: Bacchic

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bacchic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Etymology

From Latin Bacchicus.

Adjective

bacchic (comparative more bacchic, superlative most bacchic)

Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication; bacchanalian.
(prosody) Relating to a bacchius.

Translations

of or relating to Bacchus

Catalan: bàquic
French: bachique (fr)
Italian: bacchico (it)
Polish: bachiczny (pl), bachusowy
Spanish: báquico (es)

References

bacchic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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