Etymology

saturnalia

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Today it means: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period of unrestrained revelry. Full definition →

Latin Sāturnālia
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saturnalia · noun1

From Saturnalia (“a festival of the winter solstice”).

Saturnalia · proper noun, noun2

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromSāturnālia
  2. English todaySaturnalia

Learned borrowing from Latin Sāturnālia.

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