Fat Thursday

noun

The Thursday before the start of Lent.

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Meanings

nounFat Thursday (plural Fat Thursdays)

plural Fat Thursdays

  1. The Thursday before the start of Lent.

    Rome celebrated its Giovedi Grasso, the Fat Thursday before Lent, with public mummery and carousing and did not listen to the prophets of political gloom.

    1959 February 6, “Rome Celebrates Pre-Lenten Fete”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Translations

Catalan dijous gras, dijous llarder
  • dijous grasTranslations
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Finnish rasvatorstai
  • rasvatorstaiTranslations
French jeudi gras
  • jeudi grasTranslations
German Schmutziger Donnerstag, Fettdonnerstag
  • Schmutziger DonnerstagTranslations
  • FettdonnerstagTranslations
Italian giovedì grasso
  • giovedì grassoTranslations
Polish tłusty czwartek
  • tłusty czwartekTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

Fat Thursday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fat%20Thursday

MLA

“Fat Thursday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fat%20Thursday. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fat Thursday,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fat%20Thursday.

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