noun
infare
Infare (noun) means a celebration held when someone, especially a new bride, first moves into their home.
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A celebration held when someone, especially a new bride, first moves into their home.
"Today, most weddings are followed by some sort of celebration, although not by infares, shivarees, or any similar institution."
— W. K. McNeil, Ozark Country (1995)
"She'd show me her doll, and talk about play-parties she'd been to, infares and dances."
— Robert Morgan, The Mountains Won't Remember Us and Other Stories (2000)
"In the past, drinking had been a thing for parties, or infares as they called them locally, or something before dinner to whet one's taste."
— Howard Fast, The American (2011)
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Etymology
From Middle English infer (“entrance”), from Old English infær (“ingress, entrance, ingang”), from Proto-Germanic *in and *farą (“a going”), corresponding to in- plus fare. It is related to Old English infaru (“inroad, incursion, invasion”). Compare German einführen (“to introduce”).
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What is the meaning of infare?
"infare" (noun) means a celebration held when someone, especially a new bride, first moves into their home.
