Word Study
bacchic
CIDE DICTIONARY
bacchic, a. [L. Bacchicus, Gr. Bakchiko`s.].
Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication; riotously drunken; -- used of revelrous gatherings. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bacchic, adj. = BACCHANAL adj.
Etymology
L bacchicus f. Gk bakkhikos of Bacchus
THESAURUS
bacchic
Dionysiac, amok, berserk, corybantic, desperate, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, like one possessed, mad, madding, maenadic, maniac, maniacal, rabid, raging, ranting, raving, raving mad, running wild, stark-raving mad, uncontrollable, violent, wildFor further exploring for "bacchic" in Webster Dictionary Online