| 单词 |
Saturnalian |
| 释义 |
Saturnalian, a. and n.|sætəˈneɪlɪən|
[f. prec. + -an.]
A. adj. Pertaining to the Saturnalia; appropriate to Saturnalia.
Saturnalian coin: a medal struck in commemoration of the Saturnalia, and intended to be used in the present-giving common at that season.
1721–2Amherst Terræ Fil. No. 1 ⁋4 The famous Saturnalian Feasts among the Romans, at which every Scullion and Skipkennel had Liberty to tell his Master his own. 1796Burke Let. to Windham Corr. (1844) IV. 404, I make use of the saturnalian liberty with which you have indulged your Davus at the close of this December. 1825Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. 895 Saturnalian Coins. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. v, Amid wailings from some, and saturnalian revelries from the most, the venerable Corpse is to be buried. 1853Humphreys Coin-Coll. Man. xxvii. II. 396 A coin of Gallienus, which has been described as a Saturnalian coin. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. vi. iii. (1864) III. 450 That coarse saturnalian humour which pleases the Italian..ear.
B. n. One who celebrates Saturnalia.
1885‘G. Fleming’ Andromeda I. vi. 105 The sight..brought much confusion upon these innocent saturnalians. |
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