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Definition of "bacchantes" []

  • A plural of bacchant. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bacchantes" in a sentence
  • "The figures are crowned with roses and daffodills and have the dishevelled look of bacchantes in ecstasy…There is an aesthetic of horror as well as an aesthetic of hedonism."
  • "We reach deep into the entombed secrets of our soul, dare to pull on those threads that originate in forbidden desires, and dance in disguise with the abandon of bacchantes."
  • "Picturesque ruins become eloquent backdrops for biblical dramas, daydreams of shepherds and bacchantes, or meditations on the pettiness of modern life."