bacchante

[ buh-kan-tee, -kahn-, buh-kant, -kahnt ]

/ bəˈkæn ti, -ˈkɑn-, bəˈkænt, -ˈkɑnt /

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Also called maenad, menad, Thyiad.

Origin of bacchante

1790–1800; back formation from Latin bacchantēs, feminine plural of bacchānsbacchant; pronunciation with silent -e<French bacchante, feminine of bacchant bacchant

Words nearby bacchante

Bacchae, bacchanal, Bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bacchant, bacchante, Bacchic, bacchius, Bacchus, Bacchylides, bacci-

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How to use bacchante in a sentence

At the center of the sanctuary stood Perrette the Ribald, her hair disheveled like a Bacchante's.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue
Cagliostro looked with horror upon the ashes of the Bacchante.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847|Various
She was attired like a Bacchante, with bands of fur in her hair, topped by bunches of gold grapes.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
A very beautiful Etruscan mirror with Bacchus, or a Bacchante, riding on a panther upon the cover.
The Story of Perugia|Margaret Symonds

The arms of a sweetly pretty Bacchante are entwined round the neck of the maudlin reveller.
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. First Volume|Joseph Grego

British Dictionary definitions for bacchante

bacchante

/ (bəˈkæntɪ) /

noun plural bacchantes (bəˈkæntɪz)

a priestess or female votary of Bacchus

a drunken female reveller

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