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   Fes·tive

   /ˈfestiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to a festival: "parties are held and festive food is served"
   • ▪ cheerful and jovially celebratory: "the somber atmosphere has given way to a festive mood"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin festivus, from festum, (plural) festa ‘feast’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. festively adverb
   • 2. festiveness noun

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   • The earliest known use of the adjective festive is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for festive is from 1613, in the writing of Thomas Heywood, playwright and poet. festive is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin festīvus.

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   Festive describes an event that’s full of joy, smiles, and excitement. A birthday party without presents, decorations, or friends would be the opposite of festive.

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   Etymology

   From French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”). Equivalent to feast +‎ -ive.

   Pronunciation

   1. IPA(key): /ˈfɛstɪv/ 2. Hyphenation: fes‧tive

   Adjective

   festive (comparative more festive, superlative most festive) 1. Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration. 1.1. The room was decked out in festivestreamers, with flowers everywhere. 2. In the mood to celebrate. 2.1. Please put the Christmas decorations away, I'm really not in a festivemood.

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   Adjective

   festive 1. feminine singular of festif

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   Adjective

   festive 1. feminine plural of festivo

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   Etymology

   From fēstīvus (“joyous, festive; pleasing”), from fēstus (“feast-like; festive”).

   Adverb

   fēstīvē (not comparable) 1. agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully 2. humorously, facetiously, wittily

   References

   1. “festive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press 2. “festive”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers 3. festive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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   FESTIVE meaning: 1 : cheerful and exciting suited to a celebration or holiday; 2 : of or relating to Christmas.