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Definition of Carnival

1. Noun. A festival marked by merrymaking and processions.

2. Noun. A frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment. "The whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"

3. Noun. A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc..

Definition of Carnival

1. 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.

Definition of Carnival

1. Proper noun. The season just before the beginning of the Roman Catholic season of Lent, when New Orleans has its Mardi Gras carnival. ¹

2. Noun. A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carnival

1. a traveling amusement show [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carnival

carnifies carnify carnifying carnin carnitas carnitine carnitine acyltransferases carnitine amidase carnitine coenzyme A ligase carnitine dehydratase

carnitine o-acetyltransferase carnitine o-palmitoyltransferase carnitine palmitoyltransferase carnitine racemase carnitines carnivalesque carnivalistic carnivals carnivoracity carnivoran

carnivorans carnivore carnivores carnivories carnivorism carnivorous carnivorous bat carnivorous plant

Literary usage of Carnival

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to Trinidad & Tobago by Kathleen O'Donnell, S Harry Pefkaros (2000)
"carnival From all we'd heard of carnivals in New Orleans and Brazil, neither Stassi nor I were anxious to attend carnival in Trinidad. ..."

2. The Metropolitan (1844)
"THE carnival AT COLOGNE.—1844. BY WAG " THE carnival at Cologne 1 Who ever heard of a carnival at Cologne ? In England we know nothing about your Cologne ..."

3. Adventure Guide to St. Martin & St. Barts by Lynne M. Sullivan (2003)
"carnival Every Caribbean island celebrates carnival, but the traditions and dates vary. On St. Barts and the French side of St. Martin, the festival begins ..."

4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"It is no longer ago than the days of reunited Italy, when in carnival season all Rome swept ... Since then the carnival has become a mere bit of low comedy. ..."

5. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"Thus died King carnival, amid one of the finest and most wonderful automatic ... This is dubbed the carnival. A rough bier is made of four sticks of wood ..."

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