carouse English · revision 2475

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəˈɹaʊz/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|carrousse]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995) [[der|frm|carous|t=all out]], as in ''boire carous'' “to empty the cup”,^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995) [[der|de|gar aus|t=quite out]], from the phrase ''gar aus trinken'' “to drink to the bottom”.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) German ''Garaus'' was originally the call announcing closing time at the tavern.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The practice of drinking a cup to the bottom, especially in a health (1559).^(OED 1989)^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In early English the word was often an adverb, in phrases like ''drink carouse''.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The noun came to mean a full draught or toast (1594) and then a drinking bout (1690),^(OED 1989) and the verb, first “to drink freely” (1567), widened to noisy, drunken merrymaking.^(OED 1989)^(AHD) ''Carousal'' was formed from the verb in 1765.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1559 – noun, the practice of drinking all out.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1567 – verb, to drink freely and repeatedly.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1594 – noun, a full draught, a toast (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1690 – noun, a drinking bout.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1765 – ''carousal''.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take part in a noisy, drunken celebration.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To drink heavily.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A drunken revel; a carousal.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(archaic)'' A large draught of liquor; a toast.^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[carouser]]

+ * [[carousingly]]

+ * [[carousal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}