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