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car⋅ol

  [kar-uhl] noun, verb, -oled, -ol⋅ing or (especially British) -olled, -ol⋅ling.
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–noun
1. a song, esp. of joy.
2. a Christmas song or hymn.
3. a seat in a bay window or oriel.
4. a compartment in a cloister, similar to a carrel.
5. a kind of circular dance.
–verb (used without object)
6. to sing Christmas songs or hymns, esp. in a group performing in a public place or going from house to house.
7. to sing, esp. in a lively, joyous manner; warble.
–verb (used with object)
8. to sing joyously.
9. to praise or celebrate in song.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME carole ring, circle (of stones), enclosed place for study (see carrel ), ringdance with song (hence, song) < AF carole, OF *corole (cf. OPr corola), appar. < L corolla garland (see corolla ), conflated with L choraula < Gk choraúlēs piper for choral dance, equiv. to chor(ós) chorus + -aulēs, deriv. of aulós pipe

Related forms:
car⋅ol⋅er; especially British, car⋅ol⋅ler, noun
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car·ol   (kār'əl)   
n.  

  1. A song of praise or joy, especially for Christmas.

  2. An old round dance often accompanied by singing.

v.   car·oled also car·olled, car·ol·ing also car·ol·ling, car·ols also car·ols

v.   intr.

  1. To sing in a loud, joyous manner.

  2. To go from house to house singing Christmas songs.

v.   tr.

  1. To celebrate in or as if in song: caroling the victory.

  2. To sing loudly and joyously.


[Middle English carole, round dance with singing, from Old French, probably from Late Latin choraula, choral song, from Latin choraulēs, accompanist, from Greek khoraulēs : khoros, choral dance; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots + aulos, flute.]
car'ol·er, car'ol·ler n.
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Word Origin & History

carol  (n.)
c.1300, from O.Fr. carole "kind of dance," from M.L. choraula "a dance to the flute," from L. choraules, from Gk. choraules "flute player who accompanies the choral dance," from choros "chorus" + aulein "to play the flute," from aulos "reed instrument." The meaning of "Christmas hymn" is 1502.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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