bacchanalian

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The bacchanalian troupe astonished audiences with their transcendent performances, leaving fans wanting more.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

Her new music reflects those bacchanalian nights, where people found freedom to be themselves "free from police, free from judgement", said Monaé.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023

"With the bean now a baby and the ball a bacchanalian celebration, the cake remains a sweet way to break bread with your fellow revelers," he said.

From Fox News • Mar. 1, 2022

He was a bacchanalian young man then, and he opened Acme in an especially uninhibited moment of New York nightlife that mostly now only exists in blurry Blackberry photos that survive to tell the tale.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2022

They seemed mad with the intoxication of victory; they mocked me with their bacchanalian frenzy of triumph.

From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)