FESTIVAL

festival, fete

(noun) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); “a drama festival”

festival

(noun) a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

festival (comparative more festival, superlative most festival)

Pertaining to a feast or feast-day. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)

Noun

festival (countable and uncountable, plural festivals)

An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.

In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.

(Caribbean, uncountable) fried cornbread

Source: Wiktionary


Fes"ti*val, a. Etym: [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See Festive.]

Definition: Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. I cannot woo in festival terms. Shak.

Fes"ti-val, n.

Definition: A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious. The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. Milton.

Syn.

– Feast; banquet; carousal. See Feast.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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