1. carnival - Noun
2. Carnival - Proper noun
A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday.
Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBeware originality. In women fashion originality can lead to carnival. Coco Chanel
The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway. Arianna Huffington
I stumble through a carnival of horrors. Anne Rice
God put us here on this carnival ride, we close our eyes never knowing where it will take us next. Carrie Underwood
[partition of Ireland], ... the betrayal of the national democracy of Industrial Ulster, would mean a carnival of reaction both North and South, would set back the wheels of progress, would destroy the oncoming unity of the Irish labour movement and paralyse all advanced movements while it lasted. James Connolly
Carnival on the balcony, easter by the fire. Corsican Proverb