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Definition of charivari

Charivari
Charivari Cha*ri`va*ri", n. [F.] A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult. Note: It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time.

Meaning of charivari from wikipedia

- Charivari (/ˌʃɪvəˈriː, ˈʃɪvəriː/, UK also /ˌʃɑːrɪˈvɑːri/, US also /ʃəˌrɪvəˈriː/, alternatively spelled shivaree or chivaree and also called a skimmington)...
- Le Charivari was an illustrated magazine published in Paris, France, from 1832 to 1937. It published caricatures, political cartoons and reviews. After...
- Punch, or The London Charivari was a British w****ly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells...
- Look up charivari in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Charivari is the folk custom of mock serenading. It is alternatively spelled shivaree or chivaree...
- Charivari was a chain of clothing stores in New York City. Its first store opened in 1967 and had grown to six stores before finally closing in 1998....
- Charivari (pronounced /ˌʃɑːrɪˈvɑːri/) is a piece of costume jewellery po****r in the German state of Bavaria. Made of solid silver or silver-plated chain...
- Charivari is a composition for orchestra by HK Gruber. It is based on a polka by Johann Strauss II, Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257. Charivari was completed...
- Gavarni: sheet number five from the Lorettes series, published in 1841 in Le Charivari. Gavarni was an artist greatly admired by Degas, who am****ed a collection...
- and cartoons in newspapers and periodicals such as La Caricature and Le Charivari, for which he became well known in his lifetime and is still remembered...
- First Impressionist Exhibition published in the Parisian newspaper Le Charivari. The development of Impressionism in the visual arts was soon followed...