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Roman holiday
noun
1.
a public spectacle or controversy marked by barbarism, vindictiveness, or scandal.
2.
pleasure or advantage gained from the discomfort or suffering of others.
Origin:
1885–90
1885–90
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| Roman holiday | |
| —n | |
| entertainment or pleasure that depends on the suffering of others | |
| [C19: from Byron's poem Childe Harold (IV, 141)] | |
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