Meaning of Extravaganza | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama, originally associated with Victorian England.
2. An instance of fantastical, unrestrained, lavish, or chaotic behaviour or conduct.
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Examples

“The ingenious method was hit upon of dove-tailing extravaganza and pantomime. A long burlesque, the characters in which have⟳ nothing to do with the harlequinade, terminates with one of those elaborate and gorgeous displays which have⟳ acquired the name⟳ of “Transformation Scenes.””

“It grew out of the Victorian “extravaganza” style, which took serious opera and literature and applied broad comic satire (usually with music) that played to the masses.”

“It starts with The Visitors, an icy, electronic track in which authoritarian agents hammer⟳ on the door of a fearful dissident – not the Abba you expected to come⟳ calling in this trailblazing, retro-futurist extravaganza of a show⟳.”

“The bride had her heart set⟳ on a simple wedding, but her parents insisted on a three-hundred-guest extravaganza.”

“I find⟳ myself on Christmas day with people who are so tedious that a trip⟳ to the john appears an extravaganza by comparison.”

“Maybe he’s throwing a Great Gatsby–themed cocktail hour as part of his wedding extravaganza!”

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