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Classical meter consisting of three syllables per foot: two long and one short.

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Definition

[adj] used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"

Classical meter consisting of three syllables per foot: one short, one long, one long.

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Synonyms

bacchanal, bacchanalian, carousing, drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, orgiastic

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