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Fat Tuesday

Fat Tuesday proper noun: the Tuesday before the onset of Lent.

Proper noun

Fat Tuesday

  1. The Tuesday before the onset of Lent.
    • This Tuesday and Wednesday, four holidays from different cultures and religions overlap in a rare calendar year. The celebrations of Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) and Lunar New Year both occur on Tuesday, Feb. 17 [2026]. This won't happen again until Feb. 13, 2029, according to the websites...2026 February 16, Alicia Eler, “Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Lent in rare alignment this year. The holidays follow different solar and lunar calendars, but some of them sync up in 2026”, in Minnesota...

Synonyms of Fat Tuesday

Origin of Fat Tuesday

Calque of French mardi gras (“fat Tuesday”).

Questions about Fat Tuesday

What does Fat Tuesday mean?
Fat Tuesday means the Tuesday before the onset of Lent.
What part of speech is Fat Tuesday?
Fat Tuesday is a proper noun.

Words near Fat Tuesday in the dictionary

  1. fat tails
  2. fat tax
  3. fat taxes
  4. Fat Thursday
  5. Fat Thursdays
  6. Fat Tuesday
  7. fat up
  8. fat upper pubic area
  9. fat upper pussy area
  10. fat washing
  11. fat, dumb and happy

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