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festive

[fes-tiv] Origin

fes·tive

[fes-tiv]
adjective
1.
pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival: festive decorations; a festive meal.
2.
joyous; merry: a festive mood.

Origin:
1645–55; < Latin fēstīvus merry, equivalent to fēst(us) festal + -īvus -ive

fes·tive·ly, adverb
fes·tive·ness, noun
non·fes·tive, adjective
non·fes·tive·ly, adverb
non·fes·tive·ness, noun
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sub·fes·tive, adjective
sub·fes·tive·ly, adverb
sub·fes·tive·ness, noun
un·fes·tive, adjective
un·fes·tive·ly, adverb
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festive (ˈfɛstɪv)
 
adj
appropriate to or characteristic of a holiday, etc; merry
 
[C17: from Latin festīvus joyful, from festus of a feast]
 
'festively
 
adv
 
'festiveness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

festive
1650s, pertaining to a feast, from L. festivus, from festum festival, holiday. Meaning mirthful is attested by 1774.
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