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saturnalia
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Saturnalia
(gcide) | Saturnalia \Sat`ur*na"li*a\, n. pl. [L. See Saturn.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in
December, originally during one day, but afterward during
seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and
merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
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2. Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which
the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.
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saturnalia
(wn) | Saturnalia
n 1: an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn
2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] |
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saturnalia
(encz) | Saturnalia, |
saturnalian
(encz) | saturnalian,rozpustilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Saturnalian
(gcide) | Saturnalian \Sat`ur*na"li*an\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Saturnalia.
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2. Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry;
dissolute. "Saturnalian amusement." --Burke.
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saturnalia
(wn) | Saturnalia
n 1: an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn
2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] |
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