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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

But three months of wandering, trimming and revision have turned it into a saturnalia as amusing as it is brash.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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 bishops of Albi were especially active and fortunate in this saturnalia of plunder.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea




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