Ashley and Adam had a blast on their first carousel ride this past weekend when we visited family in NY. Thanks to Uncle Harvey for taking the photos while we whirled away.
Update: My curiosity got the best of me and I looked up the root of both "carousel" and "carouse". Turns out they have nothing to do with each other. Whew!
ca·rouse
[kuh-rouz] verb, ca·roused,ca·rous·ing, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
2.
to drink deeply and frequently.
noun
3.
carousal.
Origin:
1550–60; variant of garouse < German gar aus ( trinken ) (to drink)fully out, i.e. drain the cup; compare Middle French carous < dialectalGerman gar ūs
1550–60; variant of garouse < German gar aus ( trinken ) (to drink)fully out, i.e. drain the cup; compare Middle French carous < dialectalGerman gar ūs
car·ou·sel
[kar-uh-sel, kar-uh-sel]
noun
1.
merry-go-round ( def 1 ) .
2.
a continuously revolving belt, track or other device on which items are placed for later retrieval: a baggage carousel atan airport.
Origin:
1640–50; < French: kind of tournament < Italian carosello kind of ballgame < Neapolitan dialect carusello game played with clay balls, clayball, literally, little head, equivalent to carus ( o ) shorn head (perhapsbased on the Greek stem kors- shave) + -ello diminutive suffix
1640–50; < French: kind of tournament < Italian carosello kind of ballgame < Neapolitan dialect carusello game played with clay balls, clayball, literally, little head, equivalent to carus ( o ) shorn head (perhapsbased on the Greek stem kors- shave) + -ello diminutive suffix
Can be confused: carousel, carousal.
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