saturnalia

noun

Definition of saturnalianext
as in orgy

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  1. orgy
  2. bacchanalia
  3. bacchanal
  4. celebration
  5. gala
Noun
  • Booster asked a guy in the front row if the straight community ever says the word orgy.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 6 May 2026
  • On one wall hangs a 1970s painting of a clown orgy by Larry Vincent Garrison.
    — Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
Definition of orgy
Noun
  • More than 350 authors will gather on 21 stages for a three-day bacchanalia of literature, which in the past has drawn more than 25,000 people to downtown Berkeley.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • Mini bars burst with silk eye covers, collagen masks, melatonin sprays and ear plugs, suggesting the bacchanalia Estelle encourages.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
Definition of bacchanalia
Noun
  • The private flight to Belfort’s bachelor party In the film, a private flight to Las Vegas for Jordan’s bachelor party becomes one long bacchanal of Quaaludes and escorts.
    — JP Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
  • Fireworks—plumes of smoke and pinwheeling streaks of sparks—were often deployed to amp up the atmospherics, lending his scenes the feel of a barn-burning bacchanal.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Definition of bacchanal
Noun
  • Delivery had been delayed as the city grappled with the tragedy, a small but unforgettable reminder that Atlanta’s celebration had changed overnight.
    — Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
  • The whole thing, from the new series to the game nights themselves, even this evening’s celebrations, have the feeling of the late-1970s public access show TV Party, a loose, unpredictable New York salon helmed by Glenn O’Brien.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
Definition of celebration
Noun
  • Among the attendees that evening were two lower-profile government officials whose regulatory decisions had been crucial to the future of the gala’s broadcast sponsor, CBS, and its parent company, Paramount.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • The next night at the Time 100 Sports gala, Hughes returned to the red carpet in a more traditional suit but explained the reason for his attire at the ESPYs.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of gala
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