Why this word is great
BACCHANT — [Adjective / Noun] Characterizing or being one devoted to drunken, ecstatic revelry; specifically, a priest or follower of the god Bacchus. From the Latin bacchantem, present participle of bacchor ("to celebrate rites of Bacchus, to revel"), from Bacchus ("the god of wine"), from the Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos, "Bacchus, Dionysus"). Unlike a general "reveler," who may simply be merry, or a "teetotaler," who stands in stark opposition, a bacchant is a ritualist of intoxication, for whom wine is a sacrament and excess a form of worship. It is the torchlit frenzy in the sacred grove, the spill of dark wine staining a leopard skin, and the throat raw from singing hymns to chaos—a momentary, ferocious communion with a god who promises liberation through abandon, and oblivion as the final, sacred toast.