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Walpurgis Night(encyclopedia)

Walpurgis (iou)



Walpurgis noun. E19.
[German, genit. of Walpurga name of 8th-cent. Anglo-Saxon female saint. Cf. WALPURGISNACHT.]
In full Walpurgis night. The eve of May Day, marked (according to German folklore and esp. Goethe's Faust) by a witches' sabbath or a feast of the powers of darkness; transf. an orgiastic celebration or party.