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saturnalia

[sat-er-ney-lee-uh, -neyl-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 a music-hall saturnalia of honky-tonk pianos, white masks, and silent movie captions, the late great German playwright fashioned a prophetically dramatic exercise in brainwashing.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1930-31, for instance, steamship lines began running week-end cruises, or saturnalia, outside the Twelve Mile Limit.

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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