‖ Bacchus
(ˈbækəs)
[L., a. Gr. βάκχος.]
The god of wine; hence, wine, intoxicating liquor. son of Bacchus: a tippler.
| c 1496 Dunbar Gold. Terge 124 Bacus, the gladder of the table. c 1640 Waller Batt. Summer Isl. 17 The sweet palmettoes a new Bacchus yield. 1747 Scheme Equip. Men of War 36 The more corpulent Sons of Bacchus..might have Easy-Chairs. 1823 Byron Island ii. xi, The palm..Within whose bosom infant Bacchus broods. |
b. Comb. Bacchus-bole; Bacchus-like.
| 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict., Bacchus-Bole, a Flower that is not tall, but a very full, large, broad-leav'd Flower, being of a sad light Purple. 1600 Witt's Recr. in Southey's Common-pl. Bk. Ser. ii. 314 They mean, then, Bacchus-like to feed. |