carolingcarollingn.
/ˈkarəlɪŋ/ The action of carol v.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > merriment expressed in singing and dancing
carolingc1300
society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun]
carolc1300
carolingc1300
roundc1487
ring dancea1522
round dance1530
ringlet1600
roundel1600
round game1611
circle dance1821
ronde1823
ring play1856
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > jovial or light singing
trolling1574
caroling1596
dittying1597
c1300 K. Alis. 1045 At theo feste was trumpyng..Carolyng, and turneieyng.
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 792 Was never..lady lustier in carolynge.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxix. 279 On a Sonday after dyner..ther was great daunsyng and karolynge.
1596 E. Spenser Fowre Hymnes 265 Carolings Of Gods high praise.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 82 The sweet carollings in As you like it.
1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxv. 206 The budding of hedges, and carolling of birds.
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carolingcarollingadj.
That carols.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective]
singingc1340
caroling1867
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > singing other music
serenading1673
caroling1867
yodelling1886
torchy1941
1867 M. E. Braddon R. Godwin I. i. 5 Carolling music of birds.
1880 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 329 The singer's caroling lips are dust.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1867