What does carnivalesque mean?
Carnivalesque means Resembling or characteristic of a carnival..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival..
carnivalesque celebrations
The market has a lively, carnivalesque atmosphere.
Later representations at court would intensify the carnivalesque parodying of kingly figures to the point of converting them almost into buffoonesque figures […]
Separated by a winding five-mile road but unified in spirit, they embody all that is carnivalesque, yet comfortable, about an old roadside souvenir shop — just supersized.
“Euphoria” is a big, vulgar, carnivalesque thing—an extreme, often-disgusting vision of a rapacious, pitiless America where everyone is fighting for scraps before Empire finally collapses and God turns off the lights.
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Carnivalesque means Resembling or characteristic of a carnival..
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carnivalesque celebrations
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