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chiarivari

chiarivari is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of chiarivari

pluralchiarivaris

Questions about chiarivari

What is chiarivari the alternative spelling of?
Chiarivari is the alternative spelling of charivari.

Words near chiarivari in the dictionary

  1. Chiarenzas
  2. Chiari
  3. Chiari malformation
  4. Chiari malformations
  5. Chiari-Frommel syndrome
  6. chiarivari
  7. chiarivaris
  8. chiaro-oscuro
  9. chiaro-oscuros
  10. chiaro-scuro
  11. chiaroscuri

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