charivari
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʃɑːɹɪˈvɑːɹi/, /ʃɪvəˈɹiː/
charivari
- The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.
- 2002, Colin Jones (historian), The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 94:
- The marriage ceremony was given primordial significance over folkloric pre-marriage engagement rituals and wild charivaris.
- 2002, Colin Jones (historian), The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 94:
- (by extension) Any loud, cacophonous noise or hubbub.
- rough music
- skimmington
- skimmity
- skimmity-ride
- French: charivari
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