saturnalia

Everyday

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 →

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