Bacchanalian

• “This is sociable, but I think it looks more like a Bacchanalian dance than one in polite assembly.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Renegade History of the United States

• “At night you could hear these wild Irish in their Bacchanalian revels fighting, singing, dancing, &c., all hours of the night.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Renegade History of the United States

• “They appreciate sport at a spiritual level, like an aesthete approaching a Bacchanalian orgy and wondering which angle will capture the light on the bare flesh best.”

  The Guardian: Why cricket's World Cup underdogs have knocked me for six

• “Despite the wine celebration's Bacchanalian potential, most of the attendees, who paid $250 for the privilege, seemed admirably coherent.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Champagne Buzz Kill

• “Maybe the reptilian core at the base of our brains senses mortality causing caution to be thrown to the wind spiraling into Bacchanalian chaos while there's still time.”

  The Huffington Post: Will Durst: Yes, Virginia, Some Men Are Pigs

• “Unfortunately, the Administration's actions blur the distinction between them and the Bacchanalian Republicans.”

  The Huffington Post: Richard (RJ) Eskow: Letters From Foreclosure Hell

• “After a lengthy cocktail hour, all 250 or so Zeitgeist attendees sat down to a lavish, almost Bacchanalian feast.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Facebook Effect

• “It is an ambitions film, featuring lavish sets, period costumes, Bacchanalian indulgences and a strong performance by the prince of horror himself, Vincent Price.”

  The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

• “Those who've attempted to contain the baby boomer generation in a tidy sociological package have pointed at Woodstock in summary, sometimes with derision for the Bacchanalian overtones this word can represent.”

  Brent Green: 40 Years After Woodstock: An Extraordinarily Different America

• “There were lurid tales in the sensationalist media, of course, about the sordid custard orgies of the then hip young rock and pop stars, tales of all night steam pudding and custard Bacchanalian excess were common in the tabloids of the time.”

  Archive 2009-08-01

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