Pronounced: JIR-uhn-dole, noun
Notes: Another new word for me
Yesterday’s word
The word saturnalia is “a time of unrestrained revelry”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
As I noted yesterday, I think I’ve run across this word somewhere, but I don’t remember where. Our word came from the Latin word Saturnalia (relating to Saturn). In ancient Rome, Saturnalia was a festival organized in honor of the Roman god Saturn. The planet Saturn is named after this same Roman god.
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