单词 | carnivalesque |
释义 | > as lemmasˌcarnivaˈlesque ˌcarnivaˈlesque adj. characteristic, or of the style, of the carnival. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective] > befitting festyfull?a1425 high day1600 festivous1654 festal1724 carnivalesque1791 bank holiday1885 holidayish1886 bank-holidayish1894 gala1954 1791 H. Walpole in M. Berry Extracts Jrnls. & Corr. (1866) I. 289 Your [letter] whets no reply, being merely carnivalesque. 1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 33 374 This unique and carnivalesque drama. 1866 Reader 1 Sept. 760 [The Lord Mayor] in grand carnivalesque pomp. < as lemmas |
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