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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn;

2. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity;
[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Saturnalia n 1: an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn 2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]