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saturnalia

[sat-er-nay-lee-uh, -nayl-yuh] / ˌsæt ərˈneɪ li ə, -ˈneɪl jə /


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The riot may have been a saturnalia of stupid, but we need to take it seriously.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2022

In her great days, Mae West was a one-woman saturnalia.

From Time Magazine Archive

But to the zealous guardsmen the party was saturnalia run amuck, and so they reported to their commanding officer, who alerted the military at Malaga.

From Time Magazine Archive

The natural richness of this region and the willingness of Western governments to bankroll his regime have enabled Zaire's President to indulge in an uninterrupted saturnalia of misrule and kleptomania.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the first year or two of Burketown’s existence, a saturnalia of a most original and determined fashion set in.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Edward Palmer


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