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carouse
/ kəˈraʊz /
verb
- intr to have a merry drinking spree; drink freely
noun
- another word for carousal
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Derived Forms
- caˈrousing, noun
- caˈrouser, noun
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Other Words From
- ca·rous·er noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carouse1
First recorded in 1550–60; variant of garouse, from German gar aus (trinken) “(to drink) fully out,” i.e., “to drain the cup”; compare Middle French carous, from dialectal German gar ūs
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carouse1
C16: via French carrousser from German ( trinken ) gar aus (to drink) right out
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Example Sentences
I was an Innkeeper, who loved to carouse; J was a Joiner, and built up a house.
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Next evening when preparation began, Pietrie and Graham got everything ready for the carouse in their classroom.
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Yet what a scene for a carouse, what an incredible vice, was this that the poor man had chosen!
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Some of them had held a drunken carouse at their rendezvous at Heavy Tree.
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Like vikings, we await The grim, ungarlanded carouse We keep to-night with Fate.
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