FESTIVALS

Noun

festivals

plural of festival

Source: Wiktionary

FESTIVAL

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