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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Saturnalia /ˌsatəˈneɪlɪə/

▶noun [treated as sing. or pl.] the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December, a period of unrestrained merrymaking.

■ (saturnalia) an occasion of wild revelry.

– derivatives
saturnalian adjective.

– origin L., lit. ‘matters relating to Saturn’, neut. pl. of Saturnalis.

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