Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural The priestesses and women followers of Bacchus.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin, from Greek Bakkhai, pl. of Bakkhē, female worshiper of Bacchus, from Bakkhos, Bacchus.]

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Examples

  • Ray found it difficult to admit to people that their glorified-jamsessionwithaspirationsofpub-rock was called The Bacchae, while Div refused to utter the name at all.

    A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

  • 'Bacchae' -- in its original setting, on the Upper East Side, etc. "

    Princeton University Top Stories 2009

  • The National Theater of Scotland — founded in February 2006 with the young director Vicky Featherstone at the helm — opened the Lincoln Center Festival yesterday with its highly anticipated interpretation of Euripides '"Bacchae" at the Rose Theater.

    'Musical Fireworks' Today at Avery Fisher 2008

  • The National Theater of Scotland — founded in February 2006 with the young director Vicky Featherstone at the helm — opened the Lincoln Center Festival yesterday with its highly anticipated interpretation of Euripides '"Bacchae" at the Rose Theater.

    'Musical Fireworks' Today at Avery Fisher 2008

  • As to a play I love that was written before I was born, I think "Bacchae" by Euripides fills the bill.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Will 2006

  • During the late 60s and into the early 80s, "Bacchae" was everywhere as issues of freedom versus repression--politically, socially and sexually--were being worked out around the world.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Will 2006

  • As to a play I love that was written before I was born, I think "Bacchae" by Euripides fills the bill.

    The Gay Banker Interview Will 2006

  • "Bacchae" was produced everywhere during the 1960s and 70s as American society saw the hippie and anti-war movements persecuted by various state, city and federal forces, including the murder of four students and the permanent crippling of an academic Dean by the National Guard at Kent State University.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Will 2006

  • During the late 60s and into the early 80s, "Bacchae" was everywhere as issues of freedom versus repression--politically, socially and sexually--were being worked out around the world.

    The Gay Banker Interview Will 2006

  • Mr. Forman was engaged in editing a new edition of the "Bacchae," and was apt to be absent-minded in consequence.

    The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories 1928

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