fete day

noun

First recorded in 1810–20

Some persons saw the 25th of August, which was the fete day of the Empress, arrive with feelings of curiosity.

Monsieur Savinien came by the mail-post the night before his mother's fete-day; but we did not know it.

Ville-aux-Fayes has no fair, for its fete-day, the Saint-Sylvestre, happens in winter.

This particular day was a fete-day well known to the Cruchotines and the Grassinists.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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