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单词 saturnial
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saturnialadj.

Brit. /səˈtəːnɪəl/, U.S. /səˈtərniəl/
Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s saturnial, 1600s saturneal, 1600s saturniall, 1600s saturniel.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Sāturnius , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin Sāturnius (see Saturnian adj.1) + -al suffix1. Compare earlier saturnal adj., Saturnian adj.1, Saturnical adj., saturnine adj. With sense 3 compare earlier circumsaturnial n. at circumsaturnian adj. and n. Derivatives.Compare the following earlier example of the etymologically distinct saturnial (noun), denoting a member of an early Christian sect (compare Saturnian n.2):1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church f. 54v Of the Saturnialles [Du. Saturnilianen], Ebeonites, Tatians, and Encratites; shee hath learned, That the state of Mariage is vncleane and spotted.
1. Astrology. Having the qualities supposedly resulting from being born under the influence of the planet Saturn; (more generally) relating to or affected by the supposed influence of the planet Saturn. Obsolete.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [adjective] > Saturn > influence
Saturnian1557
saturnal1572
saturnial1591
1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie ii. xii.133 In things Saturnial [Fr. en choses de Saturne] it is ill.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια xxvi. sig. l2 So far forth as it pronounceth him Saturnial, or Jovial, [&c.].
2. Of, relating to, of the nature of, or associated with the god Saturn or the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia. rare.
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1638 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Remarkeable Considerations Life M. Villeroy 26 The Saturniall feasts [Fr. les Saturnales] were renewed, wherein servants became Masters.
1834 J. H. Mancur Henri Quatre III. xxxiii. 191 He felt more than mortal, a demi-god, a superior influence, to which even the Church bowed lowly—a Jupiter tonans, issuing forth his dread bolts to exterminate the olden corrupt Saturnial dynasty of France.
1835 Jrnl. Gen. Assembly S. Carolina 5 Celebrating the obsequies of the State in a saturnial carnival of blood and murder.
1994 L. P. Koepnick Medusian Polit. (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) 117 According to the ideological matrix of young Hofmannsthal, saturnial upheavals of the mob and mass violence are the consequence.
3. Of or relating to the planet Saturn. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [adjective] > Saturn
Saturnian1675
saturnine1841
saturnal1875
saturnial1897
1897 Vermonter Feb. 112/1 The strange and beautiful Saturnial system, with its swiftly revolving rings.., its flying moons and the delicately tinted bands of the primary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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