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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))

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