单词 | Saturnalia |
释义 | Saturnalia —Saturnalian, adj. /sat'euhr nay"lee euh, -nayl"yeuh/, n. , pl. Saturnalia, Saturnalias. 1. (sometimes used with a pl. v.) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking. 2. (l.c.) unrestrained revelry; orgy. [1585-95; < L Saturnalia, equiv. to Saturn(us) SATURN + -alia, neut. pl. of -ALIS -AL1] |
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