bacchanalia

Definition of Bacchanalia in English :

1. bacchanalia, dionysia

an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)

a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bacchanalia

plural noun

1. (often capital)

orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus

2.

any drunken revelry

plural noun

1. [sometimes with sing. v.]

an ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus

2. [b-] [usually with sing. v.; with pl. v., often ˌbacchaˈnalias]

a drunken party; orgy

n. pl. Bacchanalia

1. The ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus.

2. bacchanalia A riotous, boisterous, or drunken festivity; a revel.