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saturnalias

saturnalias is the plural of saturnalia.

Meaning of saturnalia

Noun

saturnalia (plural saturnalias)

  1. A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period of unrestrained revelry.
    • a man who mounts the Hustings, must not allow himself to be sore-boned, or he invites his opponents to 'touch him on the raw,' not in the exercise of their malice, but their power; an election is a saturnalia."1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 260

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Proper noun capitalized: Saturnalias

Saturnalias

  1. (plural) plural of Saturnalia

Noun capitalized: Saturnalias

Saturnalias

  1. (plural) plural of Saturnalia

Questions about saturnalias

What is saturnalias the plural of?
Saturnalias is the plural of saturnalia.
What part of speech is saturnalias?
Saturnalias can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near saturnalias in the dictionary

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

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