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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[OF.

festival

, fr. L.

festivum

festive jollity, fr.

festivus

festive, gay. See

Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.

I cannot woo in

festival

terms.

Shakespeare

Adj.

[L. festivus, from festus, or festum or fasti. See Feast.]

Pertaining to a feast; joyous; mirthful; as a festival entertainment.

Noun.

The time of feasting; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious.

The morning trumpets festival proclaimed.