see|Saturnalia
was wotd|2007|January|1
English
wikipedia
Etymology
From L. Saturnalia#Latin|SÄturnÄlia, a festival of the winter solstice
Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/ËsætÉËneɪliÉ/
italbrac|US IPA|/ËsætÉËneɪliÉ/ or /ËsætÉËneɪljÉ/
audio|en-us-saturnalia.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period of unrestrained revelry.
#:2001. "We advanced into the main hall, already aroar with a saturnalia of sozzled gestures and gibbering." — Chip Kidd, The Cheese Monkeys
Quotations
1906 â w:UPton Sinclair|Upton Sinclair, s:The Jungle|The Jungle, ch 26
:They lodged men and women on the same floor; and with the night there began a saturnalia of debaucheryâscenes such as never before had been witnessed in America.
1922 â w:James Frazer|James Frazer, s:The Golden Bough|The Golden Bough, ch 14
1922 â w:Rafael Sabatini|Rafael Sabatini, s:Captain Blood: His Odyssy|Captain Blood: His Odyssy, ch XXVIII
Related terms
Saturn
saturnalian
saturnian
See also
bacchanalia
dionysia
io:saturnalia
te:saturnalia
vi:saturnalia
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