See Also: deferential(medicine)
deferential(1)(dictionary)
deferential(2)(dictionary)
deferential artery(medicine)
deferential plexus(medicine)

Bacchanalian (iou) and deferential(2) (iou)


Bacchanalian (iou)



Bacchanalian adjective & noun. Also bacchanalian. M16.
[from Latin bacchanalis BACCHANAL + -IAN.]
A. adjective.
Marked by, connected with, or given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken. M16.
Connected with or relating to the worship of Bacchus, the Greek and Roman god of Wine. E17.
b. noun. A Bacchant; a drunken reveller. E17.

deferential(2) (iou)



deferential adjective2. Now rare or obsolete. L19.
[French deferentiel, from deferent DEFERENT adjective1.]
Anatomy. Serving to convey; pertaining to a deferent duct (see DEFERENT adjective1 2).