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festive

[ fes-tiv ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival:

    festive decorations; a festive meal.

  2. a festive mood.



festive

/ ˈɛɪ /

adjective

  1. appropriate to or characteristic of a holiday, etc; merry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱپԱ, noun
  • ˈڱپ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ڱt· adverb
  • ڱt·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·ڱt adjective
  • non·ڱt· adverb
  • non·ڱt·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ڱt adjective
  • sub·ڱt· adverb
  • sub·ڱt·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ڱt adjective
  • un·ڱt· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of festive1

First recorded in 1645–55; from Latin ڱīܲ “merry, lively, joyous,” equivalent to festus “festal” + -īܲ -ive
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of festive1

C17: from Latin ڱīܲ joyful, from festus of a feast
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They were eager to hold their last Friday prayers for Ramadan, just days away from the festive period of Eid that would mark the end of the holy month.

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However, the festive mood between the pair had substantially chilled by the new year, with no donation transpiring and, instead, a call from the tech tycoon for Farage to be replaced as party leader.

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A council has planted a dozen Christmas trees in preparation for future festive celebrations.

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Artists will be painting canvases in several gardens, and visitors wearing a “festive garden party hat” will be entered in the garden club’s hat contest.

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Today, in China, tanghulu is no longer revered for its supposed medicinal benefits — it’s a festive food commonly enjoyed to usher in good luck around the new year and Lunar New Year.

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