Saturnalia
noun
the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
Saturnalian
-
a word derived from
Saturnalia.
Example Sentences
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But when they flew into L.A. for their first sold-out gig at the Roxy in early November, there was one local site of Saturnalian bad behavior they just had to visit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
Sun Ra’s taste for outrageous outfits and Saturnalian mythology was central to his work, yet sometimes overshadowed his musical importance—he was the most revolutionary American big-band leader after Duke Ellington.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 10, 2015
In the earliest colonial days, funerals were a Saturnalian safety valve.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have, in the most democratic countries, which are governed by representatives elected by all the people, a ruling day or rather a day of Saturnalian celebration: that is election day.
From Violence and the Labor Movement by Robert Hunter
To divert a hungry populace, now six months besieged, Bessas was offering entertainments such as suited the Saturnalian season.
From Veranilda by George Gissing
