out-carolling
əl noun
1.
a song, especially 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, especially in a group performing in a public place or going from house to house.
7.
to sing, especially in a lively, joyous manner; warble.
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Out-carolling
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
verb (used with object)
8.
to sing joyously.
9.
to praise or celebrate in song.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English carole ring, circle (of stones), enclosed place for study (see carrel), ringdance with song (hence, song) < Anglo-French carole, Old French *corole (compare Old Provençal corola), apparently < Latin corolla garland (see corolla), conflated with Latin choraula < Greek choraúlēs piper for choral dance, equivalent to chor(ós) chorus + -aulēs, derivative of aulós pipe
1250–1300; Middle English carole ring, circle (of stones), enclosed place for study (see carrel), ringdance with song (hence, song) < Anglo-French carole, Old French *corole (compare Old Provençal corola), apparently < Latin corolla garland (see corolla), conflated with Latin choraula < Greek choraúlēs piper for choral dance, equivalent to chor(ós) chorus + -aulēs, derivative of aulós pipe
Related forms
car·ol·er; especially British, car·ol·ler, noun
out·car·ol, verb (used with object), out·car·oled, out·car·ol·ing or ( especially British ) out·car·olled, out·car·ol·ling.
un·car·oled, adjective
un·car·olled, adjective
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carol (ˈkærəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a joyful hymn or religious song, esp one (a Christmas carol) celebrating the birth of Christ |
| 2. | archaic an old English circular dance |
| —vb , -ols, -olling, -olled, -ols, -oling, -oled | |
| 3. | (intr) to sing carols at Christmas |
| 4. | to sing (something) in a joyful manner |
| [C13: from Old French, of uncertain origin] | |
| 'caroler | |
| —n | |
| 'caroller | |
| —n | |
| 'caroling | |
| —n | |
| 'carolling | |
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Word Origin & History
carol
c.1300, from O.Fr. carole "kind of dance," from M.L. choraula "a dance to the flute," from L. choraules, from Gk. khoraules "flute player who accompanies the choral dance," from khoros "chorus" + aulein "to play the flute," from aulos "reed instrument." The meaning of "Christmas hymn" is c.1500.
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