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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: saturnalis 'of the god Saturn'

saturnalia

 noun
     
sat‧ur‧na‧li‧a [countable] literary
an occasion when people enjoy themselves in a very wild and uncontrolled way
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