Backbite

1. v. i. To censure or revile the absent.
2. v. i. To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Backbiter

1. n. One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Backbiting

1. n. Secret slander; detraction.

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Bacchanal

1. n. A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.
2. a. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
3. a. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
4. n. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
5. n. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
6. n. Drunken revelry; an orgy.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bacchanalia

1. n. pl. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler.
2. n. pl. A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.

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Bacchanalian

1. n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
2. a. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bacchanalianism

1. n. The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.

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Bacchants

1. pl. of Bacchant

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Bacchantes

1. pl. of Bacchant

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Bacchant

1. a. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.
2. n. A priest of Bacchus.
3. n. A bacchanal; a reveler.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.