Monday Word: Calavera
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1word1daycalavera
noun
[kalaˈβeɾa]
a representation of a human skull or skeleton often applied to edible or decorative skulls made from either sugar or clay, used in the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead and the Roman Catholic holiday All Souls' Day.
example
Above me, a ten-foot calavera danced its skeletal can-can, oblivious to my plight.
Sugar Skull Denise Hamilton 2003
origin
Spanish for "skull"
broadsheet, Jose Guadalupe Posada, 1903
noun
[kalaˈβeɾa]
a representation of a human skull or skeleton often applied to edible or decorative skulls made from either sugar or clay, used in the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead and the Roman Catholic holiday All Souls' Day.
example
Above me, a ten-foot calavera danced its skeletal can-can, oblivious to my plight.
Sugar Skull Denise Hamilton 2003
origin
Spanish for "skull"
broadsheet, Jose Guadalupe Posada, 1903
