Carnival
['kɑːnɪv(ə)l] or ['kɑrnɪvl]
Definition
(noun.) a festival marked by merrymaking and processions.
(noun.) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc..
Checked by Llewellyn--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday.
(n.) Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess.
Checker: Tessie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Revel, rout, festivity, masquerade
ANT:Fast, mortification, lent, retirement
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Definition
n. a feast observed by Roman Catholics just before the fast of Lent: any season of revelry or indulgence: riotous feasting merriment or amusement.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are participating in a carnival, portends that you are soon to enjoy some unusual pleasure or recreation. A carnival when masks are used, or when incongruous or clownish figures are seen, implies discord in the home; business will be unsatisfactory and love unrequited.
Typist: Vivienne
Examples
- Women were playing; they were masked, some of them; this license was allowed in these wild times of carnival. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Many nations are represented, many languages spoken, many costumes worn, and on a sunny day the spectacle is as gay and brilliant as a carnival. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In the brilliant moonlight Tarzan witnessed the whole mad carnival of rage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Typist: Steven