a musical or dramatic composition or production, as comic opera or musical comedy, marked by a loose structure, a frivolous theme, and elaborate costuming and staging.
any lavish or opulent show, event, assemblage, etc.: an extravaganza of new housewares on the twelfth floor.
Origin of extravaganza
1745–55; alteration of Italian (e)stravaganza extravagance
Once again, Amazon is setting the agenda in retail with its two-day Prime Day sales event starting on Tuesday, an annual shopping extravaganza that comes three months later this year than it has in the past.
Amazon Prime Day expected to hit nearly $10 billion in a big jolt to retailers’ holiday shopping plans|Phil Wahba|October 12, 2020|Fortune
The food-grade silicone and durable fiberglass mats keep your snickerdoodles, macaroons, and cowboy cookies from sticking, and can be washed with soap and water or thrown in your dishwasher for future culinary extravaganzas.
These pieces of kitchen gear make excellent gifts|PopSci Commerce Team|October 6, 2020|Popular Science
He kicked off his stateside appearances with the Arabian Nights Extravaganza XXVII at the Paris Grand Ballroom in Las Vegas.
Gaza to Jersey: A Star is Born|Maysoon Zayid|November 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The three-day extravaganza, which kicked off Thursday morning, has no power to pass laws or set agendas.
CPAC Defiant in Obama Era|Howard Kurtz|March 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Other than the man accepting the nomination, he will be the unquestioned star of the extravaganza.
Clinton Seizing Spotlight, Again|Howard Kurtz|July 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And this two-minute extravaganza is expresses exactly how Pawlenty would like to be seen.
Tim Pawlenty's Obstacle Course|John Avlon|March 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
We shall now venture on an extravaganza which might have been well illustrated by Hans Holbein.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845|Various
Farce, melodrama, and extravaganza usually consist of situation rather than of character.
Contemporary One-Act Plays|Sir James M. Barrie
It was like the waving of the magic wand in an extravaganza.
Pirates' Hope|Francis Lynde
It was the bizarre curtain scene of what I had called an extravaganza.
The Firefly Of France|Marion Polk Angellotti
All her pictures became a whirling involution of extravaganza and all the speeches of the characters of the scenes a kind of wail.
The Last Shot|Frederick Palmer
British Dictionary definitions for extravaganza
extravaganza
/ (ɪkˌstrævəˈɡænzə) /
noun
an elaborately staged and costumed light entertainment
any lavish or fanciful display, literary or other composition, etc