- bacchanalia (n.)
[bacchanalia 词源字典]
- "drunken revelry," 1630s, from the name of the Roman festival held in honor of Bacchus, from neuter plural of Latin bacchanalis (see bacchanal). A participant is a Bacchant (1690s), fem. Bacchante, from French. The plural of both is Bacchantes.[bacchanalia etymology, bacchanalia origin, 英语词源]