Mardi Gras Definition
märdē grä
noun
Shrove Tuesday, celebrated as a holiday in many places with carnivals, masquerade balls, and parades of costumed merrymakers.
American Heritage
Shrove Tuesday, the last day before Lent: it is a day of merrymaking and carnival, as in New Orleans, often marking the climax of a carnival period.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
An occasion of great festivity and merrymaking.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- pancake-day
- shrove-tuesday
- fat-tuesday
- festival in New Orleans
- last day before Lent
- last day of Folly
- last day of carnival
- carnival
pronoun
Alternative form of Mardi Gras.
Wiktionary
Origin of Mardi Gras
French mardi Tuesday gras fat (from the feasting on Mardi Gras before Lenten fasting)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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