shivareen.
/ʃɪvəˈriː/ U.S. and Cornwall.
A charivari. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > rough music
rough music1700
charivari1735
shivaree1805
callithump1843
tin-kettling1856
jerry1888
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > music, song, or bells > [noun] > serenade
shivaree1805
shallal1864
1805 J. F. Watson in Amer. Pioneer (1843) May 229 When a sherrie-varrie is announced, it is done by a running cry through the streets.
1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase II. lv. 231 The musicians..letting off at each repetition of the demand peals of shíver-ree.
1872 E. Eggleston End of World xlv. 291 O Uncle Andrew! is it a shivaree?
1875 ‘M. Twain’ Old Times Mississippi iii, in Atlantic Monthly Mar. 287/2 I started such a rattling ‘shivaree’ down below as never had astounded an engineer in this world before.
1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxxii. 341 She turned on all the horrors of the ‘Battle of Prague’, that venerable shivaree, and waded chin deep in the blood of the slain.
1883 Cassell's Sat. Jrnl. 1 76 It was a shiveree—that is, the kind of serenade they give to a newly-married couple.
1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon iii. v. 251 And now came the usual ‘shivaree’ about such and such a case.
1942 A. L. Rowse Cornish Childhood 9 The most splendid of ‘shivarees’ given at Tregonissey was for the wedding of Eliza Dyer to Eneas (pronounced Enas) Kellow.
1966 G. E. Evans Pattern under Plough xi. 115 It was called the Kiddly Band in Cornwall..and it took part in the shivaree or wedding junketings there until the 'twenties.
1977 Western Morning News 30 Aug. 6/4 There was another word for a shallal: perhaps imported, or re-imported, from America. This is a shivaree, probably a corruption of charivari.
Derivatives
shivaˈree v. (transitive) to greet or serenade with a ‘shivaree’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (transitive)] > ridicule by beating pots and pans
tinkle1562
shivaree1805
lowbell1845
rough music1847
ran-tan1866
tin-kettle1881
tin pan1882
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > perform specific types of music
jig1598
serenade1672
prelude1795
shivaree1805
dirge1826
ran-tan1866
overture1870
threnody1893
ragtime1908
rag1914
blow1949
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > music, song, or bells > [verb (transitive)] > greet with serenade
shivaree1805
1805 J. F. Watson in Amer. Pioneer (1843) May 229 Edward Livingston, esq., was sherri-varried here; on which occasion the parties came out promptly to the balcony and thanked the populace for their attention.
1872 E. Eggleston End of World xlvi. 294 Among the manly recreations which they have proposed to themselves is that of shivereeing ‘that Dutchman, Gus Wehle’.
1879 G. W. Cable Old Creole Days 113 ‘What is it you call this thing where an old man marries a young girl, and you come out with horns and ——’ ‘Charivari?’ asked the Creoles. ‘Yes, that's it. Why don't you shivaree him?’
1910 Guide July 139/1 A crowd of the more riff-raff and ignorant foreigners..started out to ‘shivaree’ (mob and din to madness) the dreaded old man.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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