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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BACCHANT

From Latin bacchāns, from bacchārī to celebrate the bacchanalia.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BACCHANT

bacchant  [ˈbækənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACCHANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bacchant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BACCHANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bacchant

Maenad

In Greek mythology, maenads were the female followers of Dionysus, and the most significant members of the Thiasus, the god's retinue. Their name literally translates as "raving ones". Often the maenads were portrayed as inspired by Dionysus into a state of ecstatic frenzy, through a combination of dancing and intoxication. During these rites, the maenads would dress in fawn skins and carry a thyrsus, a long stick wrapped in ivy or vine leaves and tipped with a pinecone; they would weave ivy-wreaths around their heads or wear a bull helmet in honor of their god, and often handle or wear snakes. German philologist Walter Friedrich Otto writes that The Bacchae of Euripides gives us the most vital picture of the wonderful circumstance in which, as Plato says in the Ion, the god-intoxicated celebrants draw milk and honey from the streams. They strike rocks with the thyrsus, and water gushes forth. They lower the thyrsus to the earth, and a spring of wine bubbles up. If they want milk, they scratch up the ground with their fingers and draw up the milky fluid.

Definition of bacchant in the English dictionary

The definition of bacchant in the dictionary is a priest or votary of Bacchus. Other definition of bacchant is a drunken reveller.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACCHANT


applicant
ˈæplɪkənt
clinquant
ˈklɪŋkənt
communicant
kəˈmjuːnɪkənt
coruscant
kɒˈrʌskənt
cosecant
kəʊˈsiːkənt
dedicant
ˈdɛdɪkənt
desiccant
ˈdɛsɪkənt
fabricant
ˈfæbrɪkənt
indicant
ˈɪndɪkənt
insignificant
ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
intoxicant
ɪnˈtɒksɪkənt
lubricant
ˈluːbrɪkənt
mendicant
ˈmɛndɪkənt
nonsignificant
ˌnɒnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
piquant
ˈpiːkənt
secant
ˈsiːkənt
significant
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
supplicant
ˈsʌplɪkənt
toxicant
ˈtɒksɪkənt
vacant
ˈveɪkənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACCHANT

bacca
baccalaurean
baccalaureate
baccarat
baccate
Bacchae
bacchanal
bacchanalia
bacchanalian
bacchanalianism
bacchante
bacchiac
Bacchic
bacchii
bacchius
Bacchus
bacciferous
bacciform
baccivorous
bacco

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACCHANT

chant
coal merchant
couchant
disenchant
elephant
enchant
etchant
Gregorian chant
law merchant
merchant
penchant
plainchant
plumber´s merchant
provision merchant
scrap merchant
seed merchant
speed merchant
timber merchant
trenchant
wine merchant
wool merchant

Synonyms and antonyms of bacchant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bacchant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACCHANT

Find out the translation of bacchant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bacchant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bacchant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bacchant
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bacante
570 millions of speakers

English

bacchant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bacchant
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

bacchant
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bacchant
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bacante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাতাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bacchante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bacchant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bacchant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bacchant
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bacchant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bacchant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tửu thần Bacchus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bacchant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राजकुमारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bacchant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

baccante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bacchant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bacchant
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bacchant
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

bacchant
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

bacchant
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

bacchant
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

bacchant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bacchant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACCHANT»

The term «bacchant» is used very little and occupies the 152.544 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACCHANT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bacchant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACCHANT»

Discover the use of bacchant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bacchant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Ancient ...
eafy to afcertain; so that we are uncertain whether it is a Bacchant or anymph ofDiana. . 5041] ANTiVJB PASTE. Charles Tawnley, Esq. A Bacchant P or female Genius with wings, in a long and beautiful drapery, holdin in her right hand a long  ...
Rudolf Erich Raspe, James Tassie, 1791
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Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of ...
A variation of the same design ; the Bacchant holds out both her arms, and the child, instead of gathering grapes, dances with her hands in his, between her and the Faun ; the child at the 1. and the one by the Faun are only slightly suggested.
British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings, Laurence Binyon, 1907
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A descriptive catalogue of a general collection
A Bacchant. half—length, filling a horn of plenty with her milk. Mr. LEN”: (111.274. ) secs the nymph Hippo, nurse of Bacchus. 4966] SULPHUR Sig/EL. A Bacchant, half—figure, reclining with the right arm Upon her head, and having a thyrsus.
Rudolf Erich Raspe
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Beauty and the Abject: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
The contextual connotations of the description of a woman as being like a bacchant are particularly relevant for Propertius' purposes. It is quite common for the Roman poets, particularly the elegists, to describe women as bacchic in their  ...
Corrado Federici, Leslie Anne Boldt-Irons, Ernesto Virgulti, 2007
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A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded ...
180 Trench Proverbs 134 The thyrsus-bearers are many, but the bacchants few. B. as adj. Bacchus-worshipping, wine-loving. 1800 Moore Anacreon iv. 15 Many a rose-lipped bacchant maid Is culling clusters in their shade. z8bi Byron Juan in.
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Philological Society (Great Britain), 1887
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Comedies of Plautus: Bacchides. Persa. Asinaria. Casina. ...
Bacchant! A Bacchant! Yes, by Hercules! 15 You are a Bacchant, wife.- Wom. He jokes on purpose. *Tis not the feast of Bacchus now. Sta. Tis true, I had forgot— Yet notwithstanding that You are a Bacchant. Cle. Whatd'you mean by Bacchant  ...
Titus Maccius Plautus, Richard Warner, 1874
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Comedies of Plautus: Amphitruo, Amphitryon. Miles Gloriosus. ...
Don't you know, .If you oppose a Bacchant in her rage, 109 You'll make her desperate ; she'll strike the oft'ner ; But if you humour her, one stroke contents her . Amph. By heav'ns but I'm resolv'd to rate her, since She will not welcome me. Sos.
Titus Maccius Plautus, Richard Warner, 1769
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Pictures of German Life in the XVth,XVIth, and XVIIth Centuries
beer, to fetch the meat from the shambles, and to go with her sometimes to the field ; but still I had to provide for the Bacchant. This the woman did not like, and said to me, ' Botz Marter ! let the Bacchant go, and remain with me ; you shall not  ...
Gustav Freytag, 1862
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University Lectures Delivered by Members of the Faculty in ...
the services of his charge, he usually turned him over to some other less- fortunate Bacchant, for whom he was forced to beg and steal as before. Butzbach relates very graphically what happened to him when he refused to enter the service of ...
University of Pennsylvania, 1915
10
Pictures of German life in the xvth, xvith and xviith ...
beer, to fetch the meat from the shambles, and to go with her sometimes to the field ; but still I had to provide for the Bacchant. This the woman did not like, and said to me, ' Botz Marter ! let the Bacchant go, and remain with me ; you shall not  ...
Gustav Freytag, 1862

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACCHANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bacchant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Art Movements
The Rijksmuseum announced the acquisition of Adriaen de Vries's dramatic bronze sculpture “Bacchant” (1626). Marilyn Monroe's grave ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
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Old Masters Week di Sotheby's: un successo da $79 milioni
Una scultura in terracotta di Claude Michel intitolata “Bacchante With Grapes Carried By Two Bacchantes and A Bacchant” ha guidato la ... «ArtsLife, Feb 15»
3
Highlights from Masters Week: Sotheby's New York
The 18th century terracotta sculpture Bacchante With Grapes Carried By Two Bacchantes And A Bacchant, made by Claude Michel, otherwise ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jan 15»
4
Lingering Mysteries of the Amphipolis Tomb
... during which Olympias dressed rather like a Bacchant, to the accompaniment of tambourines, whereas Adea-Eurydike was armed from head ... «Greek Reporter, Dec 14»
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Envelope Ensemble to Present THE BACCHAE, 1/25-27
said Jenny Founds, who plays the Lead Bacchant as well as the guitar, accordion, and percussion. "'I've never been a part of such a fluid and ... «Broadway World, Jan 14»
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One night at a beer pong "Brodeo," where 20-somethings navigate …
... "a full-on Brodeo," as one regular attendee described it, equal parts bacchant revelry and sardonic disdain. There are some women here too, ... «SB Nation, Jul 13»
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A fast-paced, entertaining 'Henry VIII'
... perhaps in collaboration with John Fletcher) is far removed from the Hollywood image of the bearded bacchant with the chicken legs and the ... «Chicago Tribune, May 13»
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Classical CD Reviews
For the New York Shakespeare Festival, she was a Bacchant in The Bacchae, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis, with music composed by Philip ... «Audiophile Audition, Jan 13»
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A quest of the imagination.
... that the lord of the wine is the choragos of the stars, or how taste with a Bacchant rout the savour of his sweetness on the mountains? He may ... «The Fortnightly Review, Oct 12»
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The cricketer who announced the arrival of a New India
The successive calamities that befell him too made the rounds. Then the word spread that he had hit the bottle and had become a bacchant. «Rediff, Mar 11»

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