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saturnalians

saturnalians is the plural of saturnalian.

Meaning of saturnalian

Noun

saturnalian (plural saturnalians)

  1. A merrymaker, a partygoer.
    • There were always certain delicious cakes and other sweets as well, curious conventual dainties, of which master and pupil partook with an equal and sympathetic appetite. If, by any evil chance, M. le Directeur came near them at that moment, the sight of his rigid scornful young face brought much...1885, George Fleming [pseudonym; Julia Constance Fletcher], “Family Affairs”, in Andromeda. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley and Son, […], →OCLC, page 105

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Noun (1) capitalized: Saturnalians

Saturnalians or the Saturnalians pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, rare) Synonym of Saturnalia.
    • Las saturnales eran fiestas dedicadas a Saturno y servían para recordar los primitivos tiempos.1969 [1968], Rodolfo Benavides, translated by M[arian] Taylor Lee, “Was Jesus Born on the 25th of December?”, in Dramatic Prophecies of the Great Pyramid […], Mexico City: Editores Mexicanos Unidos...
    • The famous Saturnalians—feasts of unrestrained drinking and merrymaking—that the Romans had habitually celebrated during the month of December eventually evolved under Christianity into clerical Saturnalians “in which mighty persons were humbled, sacred things profaned, laws relaxed and ethical...1995, William V. Dunning, “Fools, Dream Painters, and the Mad Muse”, in The Roots of Postmodernism, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 157
    Synonyms:
    Saturnalia

Noun (2) capitalized: Saturnalians

Saturnalians

  1. (plural) plural of Saturnalian

Synonyms of saturnalians

Origin of saturnalians

From Saturnalian + -s.

Questions about saturnalians

What does saturnalians mean?
Saturnalians means synonym of Saturnalia.
What is saturnalians the plural of?
Saturnalians is the plural of saturnalian.
What part of speech is saturnalians?
Saturnalians is a noun.

Words near saturnalians in the dictionary

  1. Saturn Vs
  2. Saturn's tree
  3. saturnal
  4. saturnalia
  5. saturnalian
  6. saturnalians
  7. saturnalias
  8. saturnally
  9. Saturnals
  10. saturnia
  11. saturnian

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