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carouse

n.
US //kɝˈaʊz// UK //kˈæɹaʊs// carouse
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Origin

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

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