debacchate

English

WOTD – 24 November 2015

Etymology

From the Latin dēbacchor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈbækeɪt/

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Verb

debacchate (third-person singular simple present debacchates, present participle debacchating, simple past and past participle debacchated)

1. (rare) To rant as if drunk.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:debacchate.

Related terms

• bacchanal
• bacchante
• debacchation

Translations

rant as if drunk

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.bakˈkʰaː.te/, [d̪eːbäkˈkʰäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.bakˈka.te/, [d̪ebäkˈkäːt̪e]

Verb

dēbacchāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēbacchō