Associations to the word «Mardi»
Noun
Wiktionary
MARDI GRAS, proper noun. Alternative form of Mardi Gras
MARDI GRAS, noun. The day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, when traditionally all fat and meat in the house were finished up, before Christians were banned from eating them during Lent, which commenced the following day on Ash Wednesday.
MARDI GRAS, noun. The last day of a carnival, traditionally the celebration immediately before the start of Lent when joy would be out of place for Christians.
MARDI GRAS, noun. A carnival.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.