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carnivalesque Definition

car·ni·val·esque (kar′nə vəl esk′)

adjective

like a carnival, as in being excessive, disordered, chaotic, surreal, vital, etc.

carnivalesque Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • atmosphere: One key is that she made the carnivalesque atmosphere of fair that begins the play extend throughout the entire action.
  • body: This new work is about the unruly, carnivalesque even grotesque body, which refuses to be ignored.
  • reversal: Christianity, with its parody of a Messiah and carnivalesque reversals of rich and poor, shatters the classical equipoise between high and low.

Browse dictionary entries near carnivalesque

  1. ‹ carnival
  2. ‹ carnify
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  4. ‹ carnelian
  5. ‹ Carnegie, Andrew
  6. ‹ Carnegie
  7. ‹ carnauba
  8. ‹ carnation
  9. ‹ Carnatic
  10. ‹ carnassial
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