ərˈneɪ noun, plural Sat·ur·na·li·a, Sat·ur·na·li·as.
1.
(sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
2.
(lowercase) unrestrained revelry; orgy.
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| —n , pl -lia, -lias | |
| 1. | an ancient Roman festival celebrated in December: renowned for its general merrymaking |
| 2. | (sometimes not capital) a period or occasion of wild revelry |
| [C16: from Latin Sāturnālis relating to | |
| Satur'nalian | |
| —adj | |
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saturnalia
"time of merrymaking," 1591, from L. Saturnalia, ancient Roman festival of Saturn (held in December), a time of merrymaking for all, from neut. pl. of adj. Saturnalis "pertaining to Saturn," from Saturnus (see Saturn). The extended sense of "period of unrestrained revelry" is first attested 1782.
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