CARNIVALESQUE


Meaning of CARNIVALESQUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkär-nə-və-ˈlesk ]

adjective

Date: 1791

1. : suggestive of a carnival

a carnivalesque celebration

2. : marked by an often mocking or satirical challenge to authority and the traditional social hierarchy

a carnivalesque protest

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.