PAGEANT


Meaning of PAGEANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpa-jənt ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English pagyn, padgeant, literally, scene of a play, from Anglo-French pagine, pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina, perhaps from Latin, page

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : a mere show : pretense

b. : an ostentatious display

2. : show , exhibition ; especially : an elaborate colorful exhibition or spectacle often with music that consists of a series of tableaux, of a loosely unified drama, or of a procession usually with floats

3. : pageantry 1

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