adjective
- characterized by unrestrained revelry, wild celebration, or indulgence in pleasure
Usage: often literary
Examples
- The festival took on a saturnalian atmosphere as the night progressed.
- His saturnalian lifestyle eventually caught up with him.
- The party had a distinctly saturnalian quality that shocked the neighbors.
- Ancient Rome was known for its saturnalian celebrations during certain holidays.
- The novel depicted the saturnalian excesses of the wealthy elite.
- Critics described the event as a saturnalian display of poor judgment.