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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

festivus

, fr.

festum

holiday, feast. See

, and cf.

Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive.

–

Fes′tive-ly

adv.

The glad circle round them yield their souls
To

festive

mirth and wit that knows no gall.

Thomson.

Adj.

[L. festivus.] Pertaining to or becoming a feast; joyous; gay; mirthful.

The glad circle round them yield their souls to festive mirth and wit that knows no gall.