Saturnals

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proper noun

Synonym of Saturnalia (“ancient Roman holiday”).

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Saturnalia
OriginMiddle French saturnales, saturnelles →
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Meanings

proper nounSaturnals or the Saturnals pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlySynonym of Saturnalia (“ancient Roman holiday”).

    In which feaſts and ſolemnities, we uſe to ſit with great contentment of minde, arraied decently according to our degree and calling, (for […] no man hungreth or faſteth during the Saturnals:) […]

    1603, Plutarch, “Of the Tranquillity and Contentment of Minde”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 161

    Synonyms: Saturnalia

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Saturnalia (“ancient Roman holiday”).

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Saturnalia
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saturnalia

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchsaturnales, saturnelles
  2. EnglishSaturnals

From Middle French saturnales, saturnelles. By surface analysis, Saturnal + -s.

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