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      bacchanalia
      noun
      a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
      an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
      Roots
      bacchusbacchan- · Latin · god of winealia-alia · Latin · festival, things pertaining to
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