carnivalesque

English

Etymology

carnival +‎ -esque

Pronunciation

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Adjective

carnivalesque (comparative more carnivalesque, superlative most carnivalesque)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
   • 2009 January 16, Austin Considine, “A Return to Kitsch Mountain”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

resembling a carnival

• Finnish: karnevalistinen
• Turkish: karnavalımsı