different between pageant vs extravaganza
pageant
English
Alternative forms
- pageaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin p?gina (“page of a book”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pæd??nt/
Noun
pageant (plural pageants)
- An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
- Synonym: spectacle
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter 4
- For a few moments the events of the day floated in disastrous pageant through my brain, till sleep bathed it in forgetfulness […]
- A spectacular ceremony.
- Ellipsis of beauty pageant.
- Synonyms: beauty contest, beauty pageant
- (obsolete) A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.
Derived terms
- pageanter
- pageantry
- beauty pageant
Translations
Verb
pageant (third-person singular simple present pageants, present participle pageanting, simple past and past participle pageanted)
- To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
References
Anagrams
- Napgate
Middle English
Noun
pageant
- Alternative form of pagent
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extravaganza
English
Etymology
from Italian (e)stravaganza by similarity to extravagant
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?st?æv.???æn.z?/
Noun
extravaganza (plural extravaganzas or extravaganze)
- An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama.
- An instance of fantastical, unrestrained, lavish, or chaotic behaviour or conduct.
Translations
See also
- extravagance
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