carnivalesque

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Scrabble points
27
Words With Friends
32
Letters
13

Definition of carnivalesque

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
    “carnivalesque celebrations”
    “The market has a lively, carnivalesque atmosphere.”
    “Later representations at court would intensify the carnivalesque parodying of kingly figures to the point of converting them almost into buffoonesque figures […]”
    “Separated by a winding five-mile road but unified in spirit, they embody all that is carnivalesque, yet comfortable, about an old roadside souvenir shop — just supersized.”
    ““Euphoria” is a big, vulgar, carnivalesque thing—an extreme, often-disgusting vision of a rapacious, pitiless America where everyone is fighting for scraps before Empire finally collapses and God turns off the lights.”

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Etymology

From carnival + -esque.

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