bacchant

noun

bac·​chant bə-ˈkant 

-ˈkänt;

ˈba-kənt 

ˈbä-

plural bacchants or bacchantes

bə-ˈkants,

-ˈkänts,

-ˈkan-tēz 

-ˈkän-tēz

: bacchanal

bacchant adjective

Examples of bacchant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The lesbians became the bacchants of Euripides, killing him in a festive manner. —Andrew Martin, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2020

Word History

Etymology

Latin bacchant-, bacchans, from present participle of bacchari to take part in the orgies of Bacchus

First Known Use

1699, in the meaning defined above