Associations to the word «Shrovetide»

Wiktionary

SHROVETIDE, noun. The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.

Dictionary definition

SHROVETIDE, noun. Immediately preceding Lent.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras