Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival.
- n. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration.
- n. The proceedings or events of a festival.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A festival or similar celebration.
- n. An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.
- n. A festival; a festive celebration.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Feasting, or the condition of joy and gaiety becoming a feast; joyfulness; gaiety; social entertainment with merry-making.
- n. A festival; a festive event or celebration.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. any joyous diversion
Etymologies
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Examples
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One cannot help feeling that much of all this festivity is a mistake: the expenses incurred are far above the means of the parties responsible, and the effect on the Amboinese character is not beneficial.
Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago
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"The Day of the Holy Cross is our main festivity," Claudio tells us as he makes one of his menu items, Insalate Anne - lettuce, avocado, grapefruit, crabmeat and green apples in a vinaigrette.
The magic of Bernal, Queretaro: wine, opals and historic charm
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The second annual blogging festivity is going to be a little different than last years party.
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No club festivity is permitted without the presence of a director; no young man under the influence of liquor is allowed; certain types of dancing often innocently started are strictly prohibited; and above all, early closing is insisted upon.
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And the mixture of pain and illness with splendor and festivity, is so unnatural, that probably it is to that we must attribute that a young woman is no where so hardly judged.
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But indeed it could hardly be called a festivity, — it was so quiet and sombre.
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Those who have chosen to turn their backs on our festivity are the small minority who continue to cling to the anti-human concept and practices of racial arrogance, white minority domination and the super-exploitation of the masses of our people.
MESSAGE TO THE SOWETO RALLY TO WELCOME RELEASED LEADERS, OCTOBER 29, 1989(1)
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Marjorie could not recall a festivity for which she had worked hard beforehand and enjoyed more than the preparation for the freshman hop.
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The central feature of the festivity was a huge kettle, many feet in circumference, into which the Indians dropped the most extraordinary variety of food we had ever seen combined.
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The central feature of the festivity was a huge kettle, many feet in circumference, into which the
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes
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