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carnival (noun, adjective):

noun
1: a season or festival of merrymaking before Lent
2a: an instance of merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading
b: an instance of riotous excess
3a: a traveling enterprise offering amusements
b: an organized program of entertainment or exhibition

adjective
: suggestive of or suited to a carnival

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology :Italian carnevale, alteration of earlier carnelevare, literally, removal of meat, from carne flesh (from Latin carn-, caro) + levare to remove, from Latin, to raise. First known use as a noun was 1549 and as an adjective 1605.

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