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noun
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any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast.
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a sumptuous entertainment or meal for many guests: a wedding feast.
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something highly agreeable: The Rembrandt exhibition was a feast for the eyes.
verb (used without object)
5.
to have or partake of a feast; eat sumptuously.
6.
to dwell with gratification or delight, as on a picture or view.
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Feasted
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verb (used with object)
Idiom7.
to provide or entertain with a feast.
8.
feast one's eyes, to gaze with great joy, admiration, or relish: to feast one's eyes on the Grand Canyon.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English feste < Old French < Latin fēsta, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular noun) of fēstus festal, festive, equivalent to fēs- (akin to fair2) + -tus adj. suffix
1150–1200; Middle English feste < Old French < Latin fēsta, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular noun) of fēstus festal, festive, equivalent to fēs- (akin to fair2) + -tus adj. suffix
Related forms
feast·er, noun
feast·less, adjective
out·feast, verb (used with object)
o·ver·feast, verb
pre·feast, noun
EXPANDun·feast·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
2. Feast, banquet imply large social events, with an abundance of food. A feast is a meal with a plenteous supply of food and drink for a large company: to provide a feast for all company employees. A banquet is an elaborate feast for a formal and ceremonious occasion: the main speaker at a banquet.
2. Feast, banquet imply large social events, with an abundance of food. A feast is a meal with a plenteous supply of food and drink for a large company: to provide a feast for all company employees. A banquet is an elaborate feast for a formal and ceremonious occasion: the main speaker at a banquet.
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Word Origin & History
feast
c.1200, from O.Fr. feste "festival, feast," from V.L. *festa (fem. sing.), from L. festa "holidays, feasts," from neut. pl. of festus "festive, joyful, merry," related to feriæ "holiday" and fanum "temple." The spelling -ea- was used in M.E. to represent the sound we mis-call "long e." The verb
EXPANDfirst attested c.1300. Related: Feasted; feasting.
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