fete, feast, fiesta
(noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fiesta (plural fiestas)
(In Spanish speaking countries) A religious festival.
A festive occasion.
• (festive occasion): celebration, party
• afties, saftie
Source: Wiktionary
Fies"ta, n. [Sp. See Feast, n.]
Definition: Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or holiday; also, a holiday or festivity.
Even . . . a bullfight is a fiesta. Am. Dialect Notes.
Some fiesta, when all the surrounding population were expected to turn out in holiday dress for merriment. The Century.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
