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saturnalia(dictionary)

Saturnalia (iou)



Saturnalia noun (treated as sing. or pl.). In sense 2 also saturnalia. L16.
[Latin, use as noun of neut. pl. of Saturnalis: see SATURNAL.]
Roman History. The festival of Saturn, held in mid December and characterized by general unrestrained merrymaking, the precursor of Christmas. L16.
transf. & fig. A period of unrestrained tumult and revelry; an orgy. L18.
Saturnalian adjective E18.