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Words from mythology

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autolycan
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titan
siren song
bacchant


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PRONUNCIATION:

(buh-KANT, -KAHNT, BAK-uhnt)

MEANING:

noun: A boisterous reveler.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Bacchus, the god of wine in Roman mythology. His Greek equivalent is Dionysus who gave us the word dionysian. Earliest documented use:1699. A related term is bacchanal.

USAGE:

“I did not, as a young bacchant in the ‘60s and ‘70s, absent myself from the garden of herbal and pharmacological delights -- far from it -- so I found myself in an odd position, that is, lecturing a parent about drugs.”
Christopher Buckley; Mum and Pup And Me; The New York Times Magazine; Apr 26, 2009.

See more usage examples of bacchant in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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