charivari

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple

From French charivari.

But Cy was a capitalist in charivaris. — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
There will be a charivari in my rooms tonight. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
Bacchus and he, as well as we, Make Charivari! — Cameron of Lochiel, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé

shivaree, chivaree, callithump, callathump, belling

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