CAROUSING

bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic

(adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking; “a night of bacchanalian revelry”; “carousing bands of drunken soldiers”; “orgiastic festivity”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

carousing

present participle of carouse

Noun

carousing (plural carousings)

carousal

the wild carousings of drunken revellers

Source: Wiktionary


Ca*rous"ing, a.

Definition: That carouses; relating to a carouse.

CAROUSE

Ca*rouse", n. Etym: [F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See Yare, and Out.]

1. A large draught of liguor. [Obs.] "A full carouse of sack." Sir J. Davies. Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak.

2. A drinking match; a carousal. The early feast and late carouse. Pope.

Ca*rouse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caroused; p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing.]

Definition: To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak.

Ca*rouse" v. t.

Definition: To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [Archaic] Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape. Denham. Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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