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What is the adjective for saturnalia?

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saturnine
  1. Of or born under Saturn's influence.
  2. Containing lead, or suffering from lead poisoning (saturnia).
  3. Having a tendency to be gloomy, bitter, and sarcastic; sullenly sardonic.
  4. Gloomy, depressed, dull.
  5. Cold and slow to change and react (refers to mood).
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The portrayal is only historically accurate in the fact that the actor, like the real Richard, is handsome in a saturnine way.”
      “He was always to be found sulking in a saturnine fashion and behaving in a beastly way to Margaret or Ann.”
      “We drove home in an uncomfortable silence, Grandma sensing my saturnine mood.”
saturnal
  1. (mythology, astrology) Of or pertaining to the Ancient Roman god Saturn or to the corresponding planetary entity in astrology.
saturnalian
  1. Alternative form of Saturnalian
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  3. Examples:
    1. “From Greek Old Comedy he borrowed the saturnalian pattern of release from restraint through recognition and clarification.”
      “Its contents were by turns phantasmagorical, hyperreal, surreal, and saturnalian.”
      “Ignatius, acting as a saturnalian Lord of Misrule, has upended the social relationships that were trapping Burma and Gus.”
saturnian
  1. (poetry) Alternative form of Saturnian
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