Eisteddfodn.
/ʌɪˈstɛðvɒd/, /ʌɪˈstɛdfəd/, U.S. /aɪˈstɛðˌvɔd/, /aɪˈstɛðˌvɑd/, Welsh English /eiˈstɛðvɔd/, /aiˈstɛðvɔd/ A congress of (Welsh) bards.
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society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > cultural
stethva1612
Eisteddfod1822
mod1891
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festival1753
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1822 Ann. Reg. 1820 (Otridge ed.) i. Chron. 428/2 An Eisteddfodd, or Congress of Bards, was held..last week.
1847 National Cycl. II. 858 Since the time of Queen Elizabeth no royal commission has been issued for holding an eisteddfod.
Derivatives
eiˈsteddfodism n.
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society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > cultural > support for Eisteddfod
eisteddfodism1868
1868 London Q. Rev. Oct. 53 That eisteddfodism by which Mr. M. Arnold seems to have been bitten.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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