'Saturnalia' definitions:
Definition of 'Saturnalia'
From: WordNet
noun
An orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn
noun
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]
Definition of 'Saturnalia'
From: GCIDE
- Saturnalia \Sat`ur*na"li*a\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence. [1913 Webster]