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carnivallike

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car⋅ni⋅val

  [kahr-nuh-vuhl]
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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; < It carnevale, OIt carnelevare taking meat away, equiv. to carne flesh (< L carnem, acc. of caro) + levare < L levāre to lift

Related forms:
car⋅ni⋅val⋅esque, car⋅ni⋅val⋅like, adjective

Synonyms:
2. fair, celebration, fete, holiday.
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