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Definition of Confetti
1. Noun. Small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding).
Definition of Confetti
1. n. pl. Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections; also, plaster or paper imitations of, or substitutes for, bonbons, often used by carnival revelers, at weddings, etc.
Definition of Confetti
1. Noun. Small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confetti
1. confetto [n] - See also: confetto
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confetti
Literary usage of Confetti
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"confetti were an inch deep in the streets to grab up handfuls and throw them.
The authorities ordered this stopped, because dust was mixed with the confetti ..."
2. Houdini's Paper Magic: The Whole Art of Performing with Paper, Including by Harry Houdini (1922)
"Picking up the fan with the left hand, he fans the right, as if to complete the
drying process, when a cloud of dry confetti is blown from the hand. ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"It was toward the latter end of the Carnival, when the street was crowded with
cars, carriages, and masks, and when confetti had given place to co- ..."
4. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1792)
"... confetti, (A) The Force thereof. I. TN all cafes when any thing executory is
created by deed, it j^ may, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"... the chalk which were now represented by hollow casts to the extent sometimes
of 3 per cent, of the rock. 9. Calcareous confetti and Oolitic Structure. ..."
6. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1883)
"of Wales has fought manfully through the Carnival with confetti and bouquets,
ami U received several bouquets from him, on Saturday, as her carriage moved ..."
7. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1899)
"of Wales has fought manfully through the Carnival with confetti and bouquets,
and U received several bouquets from him, on Saturday, as her carriage moved ..."
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