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eisteddfod
[ ahy-steth-vod, ey-steth- ]
noun
, plural eis·tedd·fods, eis·tedd·fod·au [ey-ste, th, -, vod, -ahy, ahy-ste, th, -].
- (in Wales) an annual festival, with competitions among poets and musicians.
eisteddfod
/ aɪˈstɛðvɔd; aɪˈstɛdfəd /
noun
- any of a number of annual festivals in Wales, esp the Royal National Eisteddfod, in which competitions are held in music, poetry, drama, and the fine arts
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Derived Forms
- ˌeisteddˈfodic, adjective
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Other Words From
- eistedd·fodic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eisteddfod1
1815–25; < Welsh: literally, session, equivalent to eistedd sitting + fod, variant (by lenition) of bod being
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eisteddfod1
C19: from Welsh, literally: session, from eistedd to sit (from sedd seat) + -fod, from bod to be
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Example Sentences
Finally, eight other preachers from the eisteddfod came and announced to the Elder their intention.
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She temporizes, postpones, and supplicates to have the period extended up to the close of the Eisteddfod.
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The last commission was issued by Queen Elizabeth in 1568, but the eisteddfod fell into abeyance during the seventeenth century.
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In modern Welsh, a bard is a poet whose vocation has been recognized at an Eisteddfod.
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In Cathays Park there is also a “gorsedd” or bardic circle of huge monoliths erected in connexion with the eisteddfod of 1899.
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