Carnilivari

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Italian Carnevale.

Noun

Carnilivari m (uncountable)

  1. Carnival (feast week preceding Lent)
    nannu di Carnilivari(see entry)
    baruni di Carnilivari(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    cassateddi di Carnilivari(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Lu Carnivali mancia cu cu voi, e la Pasqua cu li toi.
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  2. The nannu, impersonification of the Carnival.
  3. (humorous) someone dressed eccentrically, oddly (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  4. fool, idiot
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:babbu

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweizmap 774: “Carnevale” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “Carnilivari, Cannilivari e Carnivali”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 719
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “Carnilivari”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 147
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “Carnilivari”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 264