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SATURNALIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Synonyms:
bacchanal; bacchanalia; debauch; debauchery; drunken revelry; orgy; riot; saturnalia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("saturnalia" is a kind of...):
revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Saturnalia" is a kind of...):
festival; fete (an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place))
