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bacchanale

noun
bac·​cha·​nale | \ "\
plural -s

Definition of bacchanale

: a ballet whose dances are marked by voluptuousness or pagan abandon

First Known Use of bacchanale

1916, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for bacchanale

French, back-formation from bacchanales bacchanalia, from Latin bacchanalia

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