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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1163/
- Published: 2023-04-06T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-05T19:19:58.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

The word for today is…

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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