different between carosse vs carouse

English

Noun

carosse (plural carosses)

1. (obsolete) A European state coach.
2. (obsolete, nautical) The open space underneath the poop deck of a galley where the captain had his bed; it evolved into the cabin.

Anagrams

• Rascoes

English

Etymology

From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /k???a?z/
• Rhymes: -a?z

Verb

carouse (third-person singular simple present carouses, present participle carousing, simple past and past participle caroused)

1. (intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. [from 1550s]

2. (intransitive) To drink to excess.

Derived terms

• carousal
• carrousel

Translations

Noun

carouse (plural carouses)

1. A large draught of liquor.
   • 1600, William Kempe, Kemps nine daies vvonder, page 4–5:

     […] therefore forward I went with my hey-de-gaies to Ilford, where I againe re?ted, and was by the people of the towne and countrey there-about very very wel welcomed, being offred carow?es in the great ?poon, one whole draught being able at that time to haue drawne my little wit drye; […]

   • 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued

2. A drinking match; a carousal.
   • 1835, Richard Gooch, Oxford and Cambridge Nuts to Crack (page 25)

     PORSON […] would not only frequently “steal a few hours from the night,” but see out both lights and liquids, and seem none the worse for the carouse.

References

Anagrams

• acerous