bacchante

noun 2

Definitions

noun

1

A priestess of Bacchus.

2

A female bacchanal.

“… There was a man who always painted marble seats and another who did nothing but sheep. So a fellow I knew determined only to paint backs. Men's backs, women's backs, girls' backs and boys backs. […] his best known bacchante was described by a critic as all back and no ante, but his backs became famous. […]”

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