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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carnival \Car"ni*val\, n. [It. carnevale prob. for older carnelevale prop., the putting away of meat; fr L. caro, carnis, flesh + levare to take away lift up fr levis light.] 1. A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday. The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of --Addison. 2. Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess. --Tennyson. He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival --Byron. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: carnival n 1: a festival marked by merrymaking and processions 2: a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a circus or carnival; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere" [syn: {circus}] 3: a traveling show having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc [syn: {fair}, {funfair}]
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