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noun
1.
a traveling amusement show, having sideshows, rides, etc.
2.
any merrymaking, revelry, or festival, as a program of sports or entertainment: a winter carnival.
3.
the season immediately preceding Lent, often observed with merrymaking; Shrovetide.
Origin:
1540–50; < Italian carnevale, Old Italian carnelevare taking meat away, equivalent to carne flesh (< Latin carnem, accusative of caro) + levare < Latin levāre to lift
1540–50; < Italian carnevale, Old Italian carnelevare taking meat away, equivalent to carne flesh (< Latin carnem, accusative of caro) + levare < Latin levāre to lift
Related forms
car·ni·val·esque, car·ni·val·like, adjective
pre·car·ni·val, adjective
Synonyms
2. fair, celebration, fete, holiday.
2. fair, celebration, fete, holiday.
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Word Origin & History
carnival
1549, "time of merrymaking before Lent," from It. carnevale "Shrove Tuesday," from older It. forms like Milanese *carnelevale, O.Pisan carnelevare "to remove meat," lit. "raising flesh," from L. caro "flesh" + levare "lighten, raise;" folk etymology is from M.L. carne vale " 'flesh, farewell.' " Meaning
EXPAND"a circus or fair" is 1931, N.Amer., as is the short form carny for "one who works at a carnival."
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