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
Last night at 8 P. M. we crossed the line: to-day, accordingly, our Saturnalian festival took place.
From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Maria Graham
And just as we have seen the Saturnalian festivities of Italy descending from Atlantean harvest-feasts, so these Eleusinian mysteries can be traced back to Plato's island.
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Ignatius Donnelly
