Definition of Saturnalia in English:

Saturnalia

nounˌsatəˈneɪlɪəsætərˈneɪljə

1treated as singular or plural The ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December, a period of general merrymaking and the predecessor of Christmas.
（古罗马的）农神节
Example sentencesExamples
- Some holiday rituals evolved from pre-Christian Saturnalia and so were often accompanied by rowdiness, drunkenness, and the shooting of firecrackers.
- It is a cheerful pagan rite that can be traced at least as far back as the Saturnalia and Kalends of Roman times.
- Romans adorned their homes with evergreens during Saturnalia, a winter festival in honor of Saturnus, the god of agriculture.
- Christmas actually evolved from the Roman holiday of Saturnalia, which in turn came from an ancient Mithran holiday celebrating his birth.
- And the Kalends of January grew even more important, outdoing the popular Saturnalia celebrated from December 17 to 24, when they were chosen as the day for consular inaugurations.
- This had been, after all, originally their festival of light and of feasting, which they called Saturnalia, after Saturn, father of Pluto.
- Chapter six presents many of Nero's more outrageous and extravagant actions as extensions and exaggerations of the festival of the Saturnalia as a time for jokes, merry-making, and the overthrowing of social conventions.
- The prime metaphor of the Saturnalia was freedom from all bondage - the bondage of poverty, of wealth, of the laws and, above all, time.
- Their essence is caught in Barber's notion of a saturnalian pattern, Saturnalia having been the Roman festival during which normal social hierarchy was inverted and masters waited on their servants.
- Before the introduction of Christmas, each year beginning on December 17th Romans honored Saturn, the ancient god of agriculture, in a festival called Saturnalia.
- In Ancient Rome at the dark-of-the-winter festival of the Saturnalia, drunkenness was part of the general licence, and the reversal of normal sober (in every sense) behaviour.
1. 1.1 An occasion of wild revelry or indulgence.
  纵情狂欢
  a saturnalia of shopping
  Example sentencesExamples
  Even the counterculture and college saturnalias of the late 1960s did not corrupt my habits.
  Here was the site of London's notorious May Fair, a drunken saturnalia from which the surrounding district now takes its name.
  It's a Puritan's vision of hell, a cheesy market-driven saturnalia, pitched full-tilt now to the whole family.
  But it never has the visceral thrill of those individual flashbacks, and the life there is never obviously building to final climactic saturnalia of violence.
  His first year there coincided with the saturnalia of the Restoration as Charles II arrived in England with his mistress Barbara Villiers, the future Duchess of Cleveland.
  Play involves both spontaneous excitement and a saturnalia of sorts.
  The streets erupt in a saturnalia of lawlessness, to which the director adds an inspired touch: an escaped elephant from Barnum's circus trumpeting down the rubble-strewn streets.
  Synonyms
  wild party, debauch, carousal, carouse, revel, revelry, bacchanalia, bacchanal, saturnalia, dionysiacs

Derivatives

saturnalian

adjective

Barron Field, writing a poem about the kangaroo in 1819, could only imagine that the beast was pieced together ‘on Creation's holiday ’, a saturnalian respite after the hard work of shaping the northern hemisphere was done.
Example sentencesExamples
- Its contents were by turns phantasmagorical, hyperreal, surreal, and saturnalian.
- So, come the dark third week of December, he and my wife and her brother and I left behind the saturnalian excesses of a Protestant Christmas and headed south.
- As a result, the authorities took steps to curb saturnalian excess.
- From Greek Old Comedy he borrowed the saturnalian pattern of release from restraint through recognition and clarification.

Origin

Latin, literally 'matters relating to Saturn', neuter plural of Saturnalis.

Rhymes

Australia, azalea, bacchanalia, Castalia, dahlia, echolalia, genitalia, inter alia, Lupercalia, Mahalia, marginalia, paraphernalia, regalia, Thalia, Westphalia

Definition of Saturnalia in US English:

Saturnalia

nounsætərˈneɪljəsatərˈnālyə

1treated as singular or plural The ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December, which was a period of general merrymaking and was the predecessor of Christmas.
（古罗马的）农神节
Example sentencesExamples
- Some holiday rituals evolved from pre-Christian Saturnalia and so were often accompanied by rowdiness, drunkenness, and the shooting of firecrackers.
- Chapter six presents many of Nero's more outrageous and extravagant actions as extensions and exaggerations of the festival of the Saturnalia as a time for jokes, merry-making, and the overthrowing of social conventions.
- Christmas actually evolved from the Roman holiday of Saturnalia, which in turn came from an ancient Mithran holiday celebrating his birth.
- In Ancient Rome at the dark-of-the-winter festival of the Saturnalia, drunkenness was part of the general licence, and the reversal of normal sober (in every sense) behaviour.
- Their essence is caught in Barber's notion of a saturnalian pattern, Saturnalia having been the Roman festival during which normal social hierarchy was inverted and masters waited on their servants.
- The prime metaphor of the Saturnalia was freedom from all bondage - the bondage of poverty, of wealth, of the laws and, above all, time.
- It is a cheerful pagan rite that can be traced at least as far back as the Saturnalia and Kalends of Roman times.
- Romans adorned their homes with evergreens during Saturnalia, a winter festival in honor of Saturnus, the god of agriculture.
- This had been, after all, originally their festival of light and of feasting, which they called Saturnalia, after Saturn, father of Pluto.
- Before the introduction of Christmas, each year beginning on December 17th Romans honored Saturn, the ancient god of agriculture, in a festival called Saturnalia.
- And the Kalends of January grew even more important, outdoing the popular Saturnalia celebrated from December 17 to 24, when they were chosen as the day for consular inaugurations.
1. 1.1 An occasion of wild revelry.
  纵情狂欢
  a saturnalia of shopping
  Example sentencesExamples
  His first year there coincided with the saturnalia of the Restoration as Charles II arrived in England with his mistress Barbara Villiers, the future Duchess of Cleveland.
  It's a Puritan's vision of hell, a cheesy market-driven saturnalia, pitched full-tilt now to the whole family.
  Here was the site of London's notorious May Fair, a drunken saturnalia from which the surrounding district now takes its name.
  The streets erupt in a saturnalia of lawlessness, to which the director adds an inspired touch: an escaped elephant from Barnum's circus trumpeting down the rubble-strewn streets.
  Play involves both spontaneous excitement and a saturnalia of sorts.
  Even the counterculture and college saturnalias of the late 1960s did not corrupt my habits.
  But it never has the visceral thrill of those individual flashbacks, and the life there is never obviously building to final climactic saturnalia of violence.
  Synonyms
  wild party, debauch, carousal, carouse, revel, revelry, bacchanalia, bacchanal, saturnalia, dionysiacs

Origin

Latin, literally ‘matters relating to Saturn’, neuter plural of Saturnalis.

单词	Saturnalia
释义	Definition of Saturnalia in English: Saturnalia nounˌsatəˈneɪlɪəsætərˈneɪljə 1treated as singular or plural The ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December, a period of general merrymaking and the predecessor of Christmas. （古罗马的）农神节 Example sentencesExamples Some holiday rituals evolved from pre-Christian Saturnalia and so were often accompanied by rowdiness, drunkenness, and the shooting of firecrackers. It is a cheerful pagan rite that can be traced at least as far back as the Saturnalia and Kalends of Roman times. Romans adorned their homes with evergreens during Saturnalia, a winter festival in honor of Saturnus, the god of agriculture. Christmas actually evolved from the Roman holiday of Saturnalia, which in turn came from an ancient Mithran holiday celebrating his birth. And the Kalends of January grew even more important, outdoing the popular Saturnalia celebrated from December 17 to 24, when they were chosen as the day for consular inaugurations. This had been, after all, originally their festival of light and of feasting, which they called Saturnalia, after Saturn, father of Pluto. Chapter six presents many of Nero's more outrageous and extravagant actions as extensions and exaggerations of the festival of the Saturnalia as a time for jokes, merry-making, and the overthrowing of social conventions. The prime metaphor of the Saturnalia was freedom from all bondage - the bondage of poverty, of wealth, of the laws and, above all, time. Their essence is caught in Barber's notion of a saturnalian pattern, Saturnalia having been the Roman festival during which normal social hierarchy was inverted and masters waited on their servants. Before the introduction of Christmas, each year beginning on December 17th Romans honored Saturn, the ancient god of agriculture, in a festival called Saturnalia. In Ancient Rome at the dark-of-the-winter festival of the Saturnalia, drunkenness was part of the general licence, and the reversal of normal sober (in every sense) behaviour. 1.1 An occasion of wild revelry or indulgence. 纵情狂欢 a saturnalia of shopping Example sentencesExamples Even the counterculture and college saturnalias of the late 1960s did not corrupt my habits. Here was the site of London's notorious May Fair, a drunken saturnalia from which the surrounding district now takes its name. It's a Puritan's vision of hell, a cheesy market-driven saturnalia, pitched full-tilt now to the whole family. But it never has the visceral thrill of those individual flashbacks, and the life there is never obviously building to final climactic saturnalia of violence. His first year there coincided with the saturnalia of the Restoration as Charles II arrived in England with his mistress Barbara Villiers, the future Duchess of Cleveland. Play involves both spontaneous excitement and a saturnalia of sorts. The streets erupt in a saturnalia of lawlessness, to which the director adds an inspired touch: an escaped elephant from Barnum's circus trumpeting down the rubble-strewn streets. Synonyms wild party, debauch, carousal, carouse, revel, revelry, bacchanalia, bacchanal, saturnalia, dionysiacs Derivatives saturnalian adjective Barron Field, writing a poem about the kangaroo in 1819, could only imagine that the beast was pieced together ‘on Creation's holiday ’, a saturnalian respite after the hard work of shaping the northern hemisphere was done. Example sentencesExamples Its contents were by turns phantasmagorical, hyperreal, surreal, and saturnalian. So, come the dark third week of December, he and my wife and her brother and I left behind the saturnalian excesses of a Protestant Christmas and headed south. As a result, the authorities took steps to curb saturnalian excess. From Greek Old Comedy he borrowed the saturnalian pattern of release from restraint through recognition and clarification. Origin Latin, literally 'matters relating to Saturn', neuter plural of Saturnalis. Rhymes Australia, azalea, bacchanalia, Castalia, dahlia, echolalia, genitalia, inter alia, Lupercalia, Mahalia, marginalia, paraphernalia, regalia, Thalia, Westphalia Definition of Saturnalia in US English: Saturnalia nounsætərˈneɪljəsatərˈnālyə 1treated as singular or plural The ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December, which was a period of general merrymaking and was the predecessor of Christmas. （古罗马的）农神节 Example sentencesExamples Some holiday rituals evolved from pre-Christian Saturnalia and so were often accompanied by rowdiness, drunkenness, and the shooting of firecrackers. Chapter six presents many of Nero's more outrageous and extravagant actions as extensions and exaggerations of the festival of the Saturnalia as a time for jokes, merry-making, and the overthrowing of social conventions. Christmas actually evolved from the Roman holiday of Saturnalia, which in turn came from an ancient Mithran holiday celebrating his birth. In Ancient Rome at the dark-of-the-winter festival of the Saturnalia, drunkenness was part of the general licence, and the reversal of normal sober (in every sense) behaviour. Their essence is caught in Barber's notion of a saturnalian pattern, Saturnalia having been the Roman festival during which normal social hierarchy was inverted and masters waited on their servants. The prime metaphor of the Saturnalia was freedom from all bondage - the bondage of poverty, of wealth, of the laws and, above all, time. It is a cheerful pagan rite that can be traced at least as far back as the Saturnalia and Kalends of Roman times. Romans adorned their homes with evergreens during Saturnalia, a winter festival in honor of Saturnus, the god of agriculture. This had been, after all, originally their festival of light and of feasting, which they called Saturnalia, after Saturn, father of Pluto. Before the introduction of Christmas, each year beginning on December 17th Romans honored Saturn, the ancient god of agriculture, in a festival called Saturnalia. And the Kalends of January grew even more important, outdoing the popular Saturnalia celebrated from December 17 to 24, when they were chosen as the day for consular inaugurations. 1.1 An occasion of wild revelry. 纵情狂欢 a saturnalia of shopping Example sentencesExamples His first year there coincided with the saturnalia of the Restoration as Charles II arrived in England with his mistress Barbara Villiers, the future Duchess of Cleveland. It's a Puritan's vision of hell, a cheesy market-driven saturnalia, pitched full-tilt now to the whole family. Here was the site of London's notorious May Fair, a drunken saturnalia from which the surrounding district now takes its name. The streets erupt in a saturnalia of lawlessness, to which the director adds an inspired touch: an escaped elephant from Barnum's circus trumpeting down the rubble-strewn streets. Play involves both spontaneous excitement and a saturnalia of sorts. Even the counterculture and college saturnalias of the late 1960s did not corrupt my habits. But it never has the visceral thrill of those individual flashbacks, and the life there is never obviously building to final climactic saturnalia of violence. Synonyms wild party, debauch, carousal, carouse, revel, revelry, bacchanalia, bacchanal, saturnalia, dionysiacs Origin Latin, literally ‘matters relating to Saturn’, neuter plural of Saturnalis.
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