charivari
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 9
/ʃɑːɹɪˈvɑːɹi/
Definition of charivari
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.
“The marriage ceremony was given primordial significance over folkloric pre-marriage engagement rituals and wild charivaris.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.
“The marriage ceremony was given primordial significance over folkloric pre-marriage engagement rituals and wild charivaris.”
- (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any loud, cacophonous noise or hubbub.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French charivari.
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