carousal

[ kuh-rou-zuhl ]

noun

1. a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry.

carousal

/ kəˈraʊzəl /

noun

1. a merry drinking party

Word History and Origins

Origin of carousal¹

First recorded in 1755–65; carouse + -al ²

Example Sentences

These, as we afterwards learned, were used by the chiefs as places of carousal, and as a sort of harem for their women.

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It is the 2d of April, four years lacking two weeks since the drunken carousal over the passage of the ordinance of Secession.

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Two years of wandering, fighting, and carousal ensued before the remnant of the crew returned to Oregon.

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The following day Glendon returned home in a repentant mood, as was usual after a protracted carousal.

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Some were determined not to submit, and passed the night in carousal, while those soberly inclined tried in vain to sleep.

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