bac·cha·na·li·a \bak-uh-NAIL-yuh\
noun
1. (plural, capitalized) The ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus, celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry.
2. A riotous, boisterous, or drunken festivity; a revel.
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post·pran·di·al \post-PRAN-dee-uhl\
adjective
Happening or done after a meal.
fey \FAY\
adjective
1. Possessing or displaying a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality; magical or fairylike; elfin.
2. Having power to see into the future; visionary; clairvoyant.
3. Appearing slightly crazy, as if under a spell; touched.
4. (Scots.) Fated to die; doomed.
5. (Scots.) Marked by a sense of approaching death.
bell·weth·er \BEL-weth-uhr\
noun
A leader of a movement or activity; also, a leading indicator of future trends.
quaff \kwof, kwaf, kwawf\
verb
1. To drink a beverage, esp. an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
transitive verb (used with object)
2. To drink (a beverage) copiously and heartily.
noun
3. An act or instance of quaffing.
4. A beverage quaffed.