a little late for the weekend…

bacchanalia 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.

Bacchanalia comes from Latin, from Bacchus, god of wine, from Greek Bakkhos. The adjective form is bacchanalian. One who celebrates the Bacchanalia, or indulges in drunken revels, is a bacchanal BAK-uh-nuhl; bak-uh-NAL, which is also another term for a drunken or riotous celebration.

ultima Thule UL-tuh-muh THOO-lee noun (NOT JUST THOOL)

1. The northernmost part of the world believed habitable by the ancients.
2. A distant or remote goal or place.

Latin ultima, farthest, Thule, name of a place.

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