saturnalia

/sat-er-ney-lee-uh, -neyl-yuh/US // ˌsæt ərˈneɪ li ə, -ˈneɪl yə //UK // (ˌsætəˈneɪlɪə) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural Sat·ur·na·li·a, Sat·ur·na·li·as.
- : the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- : unrestrained revelry; orgy.

nounfeast

Synonyms

That is the sense of the Saturnalia, of Mardi Gras and of these moments of entertainment.
It was not worn out of the house except on the Saturnalia, and was usually of some bright color.
One cannot help wondering who first conceived the idea of these horrid saturnalia.
By the light of Wycherley's comedies one may imagine the Restoration saturnalia of this wedding feast!
It was a sort of convulsion of nature and the fish seemed to look upon it as an opportunity for a Saturnalia.
Each village, in the absence of the baron at the assembly of the nations, enjoyed a kind of saturnalia.