saturnalia : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: saturnalia	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for saturnalia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Saturnalia n an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Synonym(s): orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saturnalia \Sat`urna"lia\, n. pl. [L. See {Saturn}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves. 2. Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.