Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Festival"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Festival \Fes"ti*val\, a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive
jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See {Festive}.]
Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a
festival; joyous; mirthful.
I cannot woo in festival terms. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Festi-val \Fes"ti-val\, n.
A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy,
civil or religious.
The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. --Milton.
Syn: Feast; banquet; carousal. See {Feast}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
festival
n 1: a day or period of time set aside for feasting and
celebration
2: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one
place); "a drama festival" [syn: {fete}]
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