1. relating to or characteristic of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, or his worship; marked by wild revelry, drunkenness, or uninhibited celebration
Usage: often capitalized when referring directly to the god or his festivals; literary or formal register

Examples

• The festival took on a bacchic atmosphere as the evening progressed and wine flowed freely.
• Ancient Roman bacchic rites were often conducted in secret and involved ecstatic dancing.
• The party descended into bacchic excess, with guests abandoning all restraint.
• Bacchic imagery appears throughout classical literature as a symbol of liberation and chaos.
• The bacchic revelers danced through the streets in celebration of the harvest.