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单词 saturnal
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saturnaln.adj.

Brit. /səˈtəːnl/, U.S. /səˈtərn(ə)l/
Forms: late Middle English saturnelles (plural), 1500s–1600s saturnall, 1500s– saturnal. Also with capital initial.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French saturnelles, saturnales; Latin Saturnalis.
Etymology: As noun < Middle French saturnelles, saturnales, plural noun (French saturnales ) ancient Roman festival of Saturn (late 15th cent. in the passage translated in quot. 1487 at sense A. 1a; 14th cent. as saturnelez ), (in extended use) bout of revelry, orgy (1582 in the passage translated in quot. 1605 at sense A. 1b; rare before early 19th cent.) < classical Latin Sāturnālia Saturnalia n. As adjective < post-classical Latin Saturnalis, of or relating to the god Saturn (5th cent.), of or relating to the planet Saturn (13th cent. in British sources; already in classical Latin in Sāturnālia Saturnalia n.) < classical Latin Sāturnus Saturn n. + -ālis -al suffix1.Specific senses. In sense A. 2 after post-classical Latin Saturnalis celestial object subject to the influence of the planet Saturn (1604 in the passage translated in quot. 1605). With use as adjective compare earlier saturnine adj.
A. n.
1.
a. In plural. The ancient Roman festival of Saturn; = Saturnalia n. 1. Obsolete.In quot. 1487 with reference to a work by the 5th-century Roman author Macrobius, the Saturnalia, which is set at the time of the festival.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > festival-time > specific festivals
saturnals1487
Saturnalia1538
wake-day1538
Thanksgiving Day1674
Garland Day1833
wake-week1870
wakes week1886
Thump Sunday1916
thanksgiving1930
Garland Sunday1933
Garland Friday1960
society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > midwinter festivities > specific Roman
saturnals1487
Saturnalia1538
1487 W. Caxton tr. J. Legrand Bk. Good Maners i. xv. sig. cviiv As enseyneth macrobe in his book of saturnelles [Fr. saturnelles].
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 161 No man hungreth or fasteth during the Saturnals [Fr. festes de Saturne; Gk. Κρονίοις].
1647 A. Ross Mystagogvs Poeticvs xi. 163 At certaine Feasts of Minerva in March, the Maides were wont to be served by their Mistresses, as in the Saturnalls the Men-servants by their Masters.
?1775 A. Ross View All Religions iv. 91 In honour of him [sc. Saturn], they kept the feast called Saturnals.
b. A bout or period of unrestrained revelry, overindulgence, etc.; a feast, party, etc.; = Saturnalia n. 2. Usually in plural. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > day or season of
high tideOE
high dayOE
feast dayc1300
ferie1377
festival day1389
feastful day1440
festivala1500
gaudy-day1567
carnival1598
utas1600
saturnal1605
Saturnalia1639
terminals1656
days of gala1716
fête dayc1759
mirth-day1778
season1791
festa1800
jour de fête1806
fiesta1844
fest1846
Winterval1982
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vii. 245 To turne Gods Feasts to filthy Lupercales, To frantike Orgies, and fond Saturnales [Fr. des folles Saturnales].
1689 A. Behn tr. A. Cowley Of Plants vi, in A. Cowley 3rd Pt. Wks. 154 But yet these wild Saturnals [L. Saturnalia] shall not last.
1723 Pasquin 16 Jan. Being invited to an hospitable Seat in the Country, good Cheer and good Humour tempted me to stay, and merrily conclude the Saturnals.
1845 Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Mag. 2 44 The Mullins's ‘plumpers’, by old custom, were holding a Saturnal, prior to their turning the scale of a fiercely contested election.
1879 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Jan. 9/2 [They] tolerated ‘check nights’, ‘oppidan dinner’, ‘leaving breakfasts’, and other kindred saturnals.
2. Astrology. A celestial object subject to the influence of the planet Saturn. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > saturnine quality > person
Saturnian1546
Saturnist1546
saturnine1558
saturnal1605
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. 47 There are starres which haue their most colde and moyst spirites, as the Saturnalls [L. saturnales] and Lunaries.
B. adj.
1. Astrology. Relating to or affected by the supposed influence of the planet Saturn; designating this influence. Cf. saturnine adj. 2. Now rare.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [adjective] > Saturn > influence
Saturnian1557
saturnal1572
saturnial1591
1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde iv. f. 27v The Saturnal yeare is moued from .iiii. to .iiii. But ye leape yeares is [sic] moued from iiii. to .iiii. bicause euery fouerth yeare is leape yeare, ergo, the leape yeare is the yeare of Saturne.
1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xi. f. 174/1 They say that the cloth that hath bene at a buriall, doth gather thereby a certaine saturnall property of sadnesse.
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 649 Are not the Saturnal and Martial Strings and Notes as material and useful as the Jovial and Venerial?
1698 tr. I. Hiebner Mysterium Sigillorum 190 If there be now a Lunar or Saturnal Influence..then Dig with good courage, and you will find a Treasure.
1750 tr. N. Lenglet Dufresnoy Geogr. for Children (ed. 5) xiii. 28 They are a mean between the Saturnal Genius of the German, and the Mercurial Temper of the French.
2005 L. Kassell Med. & Magic in Elizabethan London (2007) ii. v. 111 God had warned the English with..the plague of 1592–3, specifically a ‘Saturnal’ plague, beginning with pain in the head then ‘tokens’ on the body.
2. Of or relating to the god Saturn; esp. designating the ancient Roman Saturnalia. Cf. saturnial adj. 2. rare.
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1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. iii. 397 The poore commonalty..because of their neglected Saturnall Feasts in Rome, made a grievous complaint and exclamation against the Richmen.
1823 J. Browning tr. L. Pignotti Hist. Tuscany II. Ess. ii. 167 The powerful..are accustomed to..listen to injuries with a smile, like the ancient Romans at their servants in the Saturnal festivals.
1994 D. W. Foster Lat. Amer. Writers Gay & Lesbian Themes 458 An epithalamium that imagines the public union of poet and beloved sanctified by Saturnal rites.
3. Of or relating to the planet Saturn; resembling that of the planet Saturn. rare.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [adjective] > Saturn
Saturnian1675
saturnine1841
saturnal1875
saturnial1897
1875 J. M. Arnold Genesis & Sci. (ed. 2) vi. 263 If there be inhabitants in that planet they must leave their abodes each half of the Saturnal year, and travel to the antipodes to escape destruction from cold.
1970 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 8 Aug. 10/1 Was there ever a myth to the effect that far up in the sky, in a sort of Milky Way or a Saturnal Ring, there is a great supply of infants waiting to be born?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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