Mardi Gras

Definitions: Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras

Noun

1. The last day before Lent.

2. The pre-Lenten festival of Shrove Tuesday.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Mardi Gras" was first used: 1699. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Mardi Gras

Amusement

Holiday; gala day, red letter day, play day; high days and holidays; high holiday, Bank holiday; May day, Derby day; Saint Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday; Bairam; wayz-goos, bean feast; Arbor Day, Declaration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day; Mardi gras,mi-careme, feria, fiesta.

Crosswords: Mardi Gras

French (shrove tuesday).

I could shoot you in the middle of Mardi Gras, and they can't touch me. (Double Jeopardy; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook)

Oh, swell, it's kinda like Goa'uld Mardi Gras around here. (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)

Mardi Gras (1958)

King of the Mardi Gras (1935)

Mardi Gras (1931)

Sonny Jim at the Mardi Gras (1915)

A Mardi Gras Mix-Up (1912)

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Books

• A Mardi Gras Dictionary (reference)

• Absolutely Mardi Gras: Costume and Design of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras (reference)

• Masking and Madness: Mardi Gras in New Orleans (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Mardi Gras Guide (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Girls Gone Wild - Mardi Gras 2K1 (reference)

• Girls Gone Wild 2: Mardi Gras Madness (reference)

• I Survived Mardi Gras 2002 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Mardi Gras in Baton (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Underway in the Gulf of Mexico, 29 January 1953, with her crew spelling out "Mardi Gras 1953" on her flight deck. Note that all her guns have been removed. She was then serving as training carrier, operating out of Pensacola, Florida, a duty she performed from January 1951 until June 1955.Credit: NAVY.

The "Rex" pageant, Mardi Gras Day, New Orleans, La.Credit: Library of Congress.

Mardi Gras, arrival of Rex on U.S.S. Galveston, New Orleans, La.Credit: Library of Congress.

The Rex pageant, Mardi Gras Day, New Orleans, La.Credit: Library of Congress.

Rex receiving the key at City Hall, Mardi Gras day, New Orleans, La.Credit: Library of Congress.

The Arrival of Rex, Mardi Gras day, New Orleans, La.Credit: Library of Congress.

New Orleans, La., Mardi Gras Day, the "Red" Pageant.Credit: Library of Congress.

Mardi Gras day, Rex passing up Camp Street, New Orleans.Credit: Library of Congress.

Mardi Gras scenery, New Orleans, La.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Now, we mention this circumstance for the pure satisfaction of being exact, it happened that the 16th was Mardi Gras.

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Travel

Bahamas

Persons present in The Bahamas on the night of December 25-26 or December 31-January 1 can enjoy a unique cultural experience by purchasing tickets to the annual Junkanoo Parade in downtown Nassau, a carnival similar to Mardi Gras of which Bahamians are justly proud. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

German

karneval (carnival). (various references)

Greek 

απόκριεσ. (various references)

Manx

Oie Innyd (Shrove Tuesday). (various references)

Pig Latin

ardimay asgray

Russian 

масленица (carnival, shrovetide). (various references)

Turkish

büyük perhizden önceki salı. (various references)

Bromus hordeaceus L. ssp. Thominii HYL, Bromus mollis L., crassus,, Cyperus rotundus, Cyperus tuberosus, Plantago lanceolata, Trifolium pratense L.. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: diagrams.

-2 letters: aramids, diagram, smaragd.

-3 letters: agrias, amigas, aramid, damars, disarm, dramas, gramas, madras, radars, sardar, sirdar.

-4 letters: agars, agism, agmas, agria, amias, amids, amiga, amirs, arias, arras, arris, damar, drags, drama, drams, gadis, gamas, girds, grads, grama, grams, grids, maars, maids, mairs, maria, radar, ragas, ragis, raias, raids, saiga, sigma, simar, sirra.

-5 letters: agar.

+1 letter: radiograms.

+2 letters: cardiograms.

+3 letters: dramaturgies.

+4 letters: transmigrated.

+5 letters: autoradiograms, disarrangement.

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