saturnalia

«saturnalia» in Mova's school dictionary: A festival in ancient Rome held in December, with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (saturnalias or saturnalia)

meaning for a pupil

1) A festival in ancient Rome held in December, with feasting, games and a reversal of normal rules, honouring the god Saturn. tree →

2) Any wild, noisy party where ordinary rules are dropped. tree →

sense in the lessons

in history and stories, a festival where people of the old world feasted and played, and the order of daily life was turned upside down

examples

• The Saturnalia was a festival of feasting. tree →
• The Romans celebrated the Saturnalia in December. tree →
• The party became a wild saturnalia. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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