Saturnals en · PROPN
Etymology
From Middle French saturnales, saturnelles. By surface analysis, Saturnal + -s.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) Synonym of Saturnalia (“ancient Roman holiday”).
In which feaſts and ſolemnities, we uſe to ſit with great contentment of minde, arraied decently according to our degree and calling, (for […] no man hungreth or faſteth during the Saturnals:) […]
1603, Plutarch, “Of the Tranquillity and Contentment of Minde”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 161:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Saturnals | Number=Plur | canonical | lexicographic |