— Saturnalian , adj.
/sat'euhr nay"lee euh, -nayl"yeuh/ , n. , pl. Saturnalia, Saturnalias .
1. ( sometimes used with a pl. v. ) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
2. ( l.c. ) unrestrained revelry; orgy.
[ 1585-95; Saturnalia, equiv. to Saturn ( us ) SATURN + -alia, neut. pl. of -ALIS -AL 1 ]