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Carnival   /kˈɑrnəvəl/   Listen
Carnival

noun
1.
A festival marked by merrymaking and processions.
2.
A frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment.  Synonym: circus.  "The whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
3.
A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc..  Synonyms: fair, funfair.





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"Carnival" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Oh, carnival of shams! She is 'pious' you say? Then, I'll swear my watch is not safe in my pocket, and I shall sleep with the key of my cameo cabinet tied around my neck. A Paris police would not insure your valuables or mine. The facts forbid that your pen-feathered ...
— St. Elmo • Augusta J. Evans
... frequent letters written in her dear old style, by cases of Italian wines, delicate and rare; exquisite fabrics of the loom, and articles of vertu; and between the letters and the gifts the old people held high carnival after their quaint fashion ...
— His Sombre Rivals • E. P. Roe
... panting Joseph. "That was an amusing carnival farce, my virtuous brother! Farewell! ...
— The Daughter of an Empress • Louise Muhlbach
... his horse plunge, and he merrily kicked and swore at it. He held a little carnival of ...
— The Red Badge of Courage - An Episode of the American Civil War • Stephen Crane
... 1561] When the Estates of Brabant stopped the payment of the principal tax or "Bede," [2] and when the people of Brussels took as a party uniform a costume derived from the carnival, a black cloak covered with red fool's heads, the cardinal, whose red hat was caricatured thereby, stated that nothing less than a republic was aimed at. This was true, though in the anticipation of the nobles, at least, the republic should have a decidedly ...
— The Age of the Reformation • Preserved Smith


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