Hypertext Webster Gateway: "festive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Festive \Fes"tive\, a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast.
See {feast}, and cf. {Festivous}.]
Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay;
mirthful; sportive. -- {Fes"tive*ly}, adv.
The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive
mirth and wit that knows no gall. --Thomson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
festive
adj : offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the
inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay
and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: {gala(a)},
{gay}, {festal}, {merry}]
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