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Definition of charivari in English: charivarinounPlural charivaris ˌʃɑːrɪˈvɑːri historical 1A noisy mock serenade performed by a group of people to celebrate a marriage or mock an unpopular person. friends gave them a joyous charivari, with much banging and bell-ringing Example sentencesExamples - Here, too, he delineates his subject through a series of paradoxes: do English charivari and Skimmington rides represent punishment or celebration?
- I am researching all aspects of shivarees, and would be interested in hearing about what people in your area think about the reasons for shivarees, what kinds of things happen or happened at them, and how people react or reacted to them.
- What we need to do is redevelop charivaris, shaming rituals, to show them their behaviour is just not acceptable.
- Deeply influenced by cultural anthropology, they have found in the often surprisingly rich documentation about festivals, processions, charivaris etc.
- 1.1 A series of discordant noises.
Example sentencesExamples - I've explored before the early modern practice of charivaris, or rough music, but was surprised to read of a late 19th-century example, and in London.
Synonyms din, racket, loud noise, uproar, tumult, babel, shouting, yelling, screaming, baying, roaring, blaring, clangour
Origin Mid 17th century: from French, of unknown origin. Rhymes askari, Bari, Cagliari, calamari, Campari, curare, Ferrari, Harare, Kalahari, Mari, Mata Hari, Qatari, Rastafari, safari, sari, Scutari, shikari, sparry, starry, Stradivari, tamari, terramare, Vasari, Zanzibari Definition of charivari in US English: charivarinoun historical 1A noisy mock serenade performed by a group of people to celebrate a marriage or mock an unpopular person. friends gave them a joyous charivari, with much banging and bell-ringing Example sentencesExamples - Deeply influenced by cultural anthropology, they have found in the often surprisingly rich documentation about festivals, processions, charivaris etc.
- Here, too, he delineates his subject through a series of paradoxes: do English charivari and Skimmington rides represent punishment or celebration?
- What we need to do is redevelop charivaris, shaming rituals, to show them their behaviour is just not acceptable.
- I am researching all aspects of shivarees, and would be interested in hearing about what people in your area think about the reasons for shivarees, what kinds of things happen or happened at them, and how people react or reacted to them.
- 1.1 A series of discordant noises.
Example sentencesExamples - I've explored before the early modern practice of charivaris, or rough music, but was surprised to read of a late 19th-century example, and in London.
Synonyms din, racket, loud noise, uproar, tumult, babel, shouting, yelling, screaming, baying, roaring, blaring, clangour
Origin Mid 17th century: from French, of unknown origin. |