bacchanalia
noun
bac·cha·na·lia
ˌba-kə-ˈnāl-yə 
ˌbä-
plural bacchanalia
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Bacchanalia plural
: a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry
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Among the vacation bacchanalia and designer haul videos, this one stood out.
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Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
The composer repeated his La La Land Golden Globes win with victories at the ex-HFPA run ceremony for 2018’s First Man and 2022’s early Hollywood bacchanalia Babylon.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 June 2024
The annual bacchanalia, now in its 139th year, traces its history to 1885 – that was the year President Grover Cleveland refused to attend.
—Colleen Long, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Mar. 2024
Compared with nearby Bend — a bacchanalia of Gore-Tex and microbreweries where the median home price hovers above $700,000 — Redmond is middle class.
—ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2024
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Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
The composer repeated his La La Land Golden Globes win with victories at the ex-HFPA run ceremony for 2018’s First Man and 2022’s early Hollywood bacchanalia Babylon.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 June 2024
The annual bacchanalia, now in its 139th year, traces its history to 1885 – that was the year President Grover Cleveland refused to attend.
—Colleen Long, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Mar. 2024
Compared with nearby Bend — a bacchanalia of Gore-Tex and microbreweries where the median home price hovers above $700,000 — Redmond is middle class.
—ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2024
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“Bacchanalia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bacchanalia. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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