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charivaris

charivaris is the plural of charivari.

Meaning of charivari

Noun

charivari (countable and uncountable, plural charivaris)

  1. The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.
    • The marriage ceremony was given primordial significance over folkloric pre-marriage engagement rituals and wild charivaris.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 94
  2. (broadly) Any loud, cacophonous noise or hubbub.

Questions about charivaris

What is charivaris the plural of?
Charivaris is the plural of charivari.

Words near charivaris in the dictionary

  1. charity stripes
  2. charityless
  3. charityware
  4. charivari
  5. charivaric
  6. charivaris
  7. charizing
  8. charizzler
  9. charizzlers
  10. Charjev
  11. Charjew

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