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carousal

The origin and history of carousal.

Etymology

Formed from carouse (“to engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering”, verb) plus -al (a suffix forming nouns that denote the action of the verb it attaches to), possibly also shaped by a mistaken understanding of carousel (“merry-go-round”).

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