saturnalian
Example Sentences
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This novel’s density is saturnalian; its satire nimble; academics will tug at its themes, as if they were pinworms, for decades.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
“Funland” has a saturnalian organizing principle, and in this — no accident — it resembles the carnival, the amusement park or, in British terms, the fairgrounds.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2014
A fortune, rapid and secure, darted before du Tillet's eyes like a flash of lightning in a saturnalian night.
From Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac
At the end of every seven years comes the saturnalian season, when the freemen of great Britain may please themselves with the choice of their representatives.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Samuel Johnson
The spirit is that of the scherzo, and the main theme is the catchiest imaginable, the rhythm curious and irresistible, and the entire mood saturnalian.
