debacchate
English
WOTD – 24 November 2015
Etymology
From the Latin dēbacchor.
Verb
debacchate (third-person singular simple present debacchates, present participle debacchating, simple past and past participle debacchated)
- (rare) To rant as if drunk.
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:debacchate.
Related terms
- bacchanal
- bacchante
- debacchation
Translations
rant as if drunk
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.bakˈkʰaː.te/, [deː.bakˈkʰaː.tɛ]
Verb
dēbacchāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of dēbacchō