CARNIVAL

carnival

(noun) a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

carnival, fair, funfair

(noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

circus, carnival

(noun) a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment; “it was so funny it was a circus”; “the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

carnival (plural carnivals)

Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.

A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.

(US) A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.

Etymology

Proper noun

Carnival

The season just before the beginning of the Western Christian season of Lent.

Noun

Carnival (countable and uncountable, plural Carnivals)

Alternative form of carnival; especially in the sense "any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent."

Source: Wiktionary

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Car"ni*val, n. Etym: [It. carnevale, prob. for older carnelevale, prop., the putting away of meat; fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh _ levare to take away, lift up, fr. levis light.]

1. 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. The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of. Addison.

2. Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess. Tennyson. He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival Byron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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