Definitions for charivari

charivari cha·ri·va·ri

Spelling: [shiv-uh-ree, shiv-uh-ree, sh Charivari is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in charivari (aachiirrv).

Definitions for charivari

noun

  1. shivaree.

Origin of charivari

French, Middle French, of obscure origin; said to be Late Latin carībaria headache Greek karēbaría, equivalent to karē-, combining form of kárā, kárē head + -baria (bar(ys) heavy + -ia

Examples for charivari

If there was one there were fifty big locomotives waiting to charivari the McWilliams Special.

There was no charivari, because their marriage was suitable.

Landells, introduced to him by Last, approached him on the subject of the "charivari."

A few days after the charivari affair, Mrs. D—— stepped in to see me.

Then he published in the charivari an open letter to the king.

He avenged himself by arranging the court and jury upon a page of Le charivari in the form of a pear.

The first of his poems that appeared was called "The charivari."

The performance of the charivari was common at that time in the South of France.

Some of the charivari party had to fly, or they might have ended their days in the penitentiary.

In the case of the charivari he shrinks from attempting to translate it.

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