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festival (iou)



festival adjective & noun. LME.
[Old French from medieval Latin festivalis, formed as FESTIVE: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Of or befitting a feast or feast day. Now only attrib. & usu. taken as noun. LME.
Joyful, merry. L16-L17.
b. noun.
A book containing an exhortation for each feast day. L15-E17.
A (time of) festive celebration or merrymaking; a feast day. L16.
B. Tarkington People were gayest on New Year's Day; they made it a true festival.
b. A (usu. periodic) series of theatrical or musical performances, films, etc., of special importance. E19.
Publishers Weekly The annual Shakespeare festival at Stratford-on-Avon.
= FeTE noun 1b. US. M19.
Comb.: festival-day: on which a festival is held.