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carouse

The origin and history of carouse.

Etymology

Came into English from Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), which came from German gar aus (literally “all out, quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus.

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