Hypertext Webster Gateway: "festivity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Festivity \Fes*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Festivities}. [L. festivitas:
cf. F. festivit['e].]
1. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration
of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.
The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth.
--Bp. Hurd.
2. A festival; a festive celebration. --Sir T. Browne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
festivity
n : any joyous diversion [syn: {celebration}]
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