Saturnalia (saternalia)

pl. [= F. Satur nales = Sp. Saturn a les = Pg. Saturnaes, Saturnalia, neut. pl. of Sat urnal is, of or belonging to Saturn, Saturn i an, Saturnalian (sat-ér-nāʻli-an), a. [ In order to make this saturnalian amusement general Burke, A Regicide Peace. in the family you sent it down stairs. nales, Saturnalia. I know it is now such a time as the Saturn als for all the world, that every man stands under the eaves of his own hat, and sings what pleases him. B. Jonson, Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue. Saturnial (sa-ter'ni-ä), n . [NL. (Schrank, 1802), Saturn i us , pertaining to Saturn, Satur nus , Saturn: see Saturn .] A genus of bombycid moths, typical of the family Saturniidæ , of varying scope according to different authors, but ordinarily including species with papillate ocelli on the wings and with the branches of the male antennæ not very hairy and not of equal length. In this sense it contains only about a dozen species, nearly all Old World. S. pyri and S. pavonia are two notable European species. satyre pairment or lo of vision due to lead-poisoning.-Saturnine breath, breath of a peculiar odor observed in lead poisoning. Saturnine colic, lead-colic. - Saturnine intoxication. Same as lead - poisoning. - Saturnine palsy, saturnine paralysis. Same as lead - paralysis. Saturnine red. Same as red lead (which see, under lead2 ). saturnism (sat'er-nizm), n. [ Saturnistt (sat'er-nist), n. [ Saturn + -ist .] A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. Leon. Why dost thou laugh, Learchus? Learch. To see us two walk thus, like saturnists, Muffled up in a condensed cloud. Why art thou sad, Leontius? Beau . and Fl . (?), Faithful Friends, v. 1. saturnite (sat'er-nīt), n . [ Saturn us , Saturn, + -ite2 .] A mineral substance containing lead. Kirwan . Saturn us (sā-ter'nus), n. [L.: see Saturn .]