festivityn.

Brit.

/fɛˈstɪvᵻti/, U.S.

/fɛˈstɪvᵻdi/

Forms: late Middle English festyuite, late Middle English–1500s festiuitee, late Middle English–1500s festivite, late Middle English–1500s festyuyte, 1500s–1600s feastiuitie, 1500s–1600s festiuitie, 1500s–1600s festyvitie, 1600s feastiuity, 1600s–1700s festivitie, 1600s– festivity; also Scottish pre-1700 festyvyte, pre-1700 festywite.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French festivité; Latin festīvitāt-, festīvitās.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French festivité feast, rejoicing (13th cent.; French festivité subsequently from 1801 in the sense ‘rejoicing on the occasion of a feast’), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin festīvitāt-, festīvitās conviviality, (of speeches or speakers) liveliness, wit, in post-classical Latin also feast, sacred day (Vulgate) < festīvus festive adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).Compare Catalan festivitat (15th cent.), Spanish festividad (1325), Portuguese festividade (1648), Italian festività (mid 13th cent. as festivitate), and also ( < Latin) German Festivität (beginning of the 16th cent. as festivitet). Forms in feast- show alteration after feast n.

1. A festive celebration; an occasion of gaiety or rejoicing. Formerly spec.: a religious feast or festival. Now chiefly in plural: festive proceedings; activities or events celebrating a special occasion, typically organized to a schedule.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun]

festivityc1410

rejoicingc1475

festivala1500

gaudy1535

show of misrule1555

gaudc1571

wake1577

festal1581

jubilee1589

gaudy-nighta1616

gala night1762

bridewain1789

gala1800

bean-feast1805

holinighta1821

let-off1827

glorification1843

pesta1964

c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 119 It byfel in a festivite [L. festivitate] þat..o knyght offred nouȝt.

a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 197 At his grete festivite Kynges and yerles..were there presente.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 1 (MED) The olde fadres a-fore tymes made..the festyuites of holy apostles and martires..to be louyd and halowed.

1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 798 That our feastiuitie may bee made in remembraunce of the reste.

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 94 In his Easter-day Sermon turning his Speech to the Festivity itselfe.

1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 486 There happening a great, and solemn Festivity..he [sc. David] condescends,..to beg of a Rich..Man, some small Repast.

1763 Rambler 3 198 The house is thrown open to all that are inclined to enter it, and the whole province flocks together as to a general festivity.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 12 Tupman again expressed an earnest wish to be present at the festivity.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. vi. i. 88 Several persons bustling into London to share in the festivities of the day.

1927 T. Mathiassen Thule Culture iii. 156 Presumably these stone settings have been festival places, where the Eskimos have held festivities and feasts when a good catch was made.

2012 Jrnl. Southeast Asian Stud. 43 2 Vietnamese social life has its pivot in the seasonal festivity of Tết Nguyên Đán (Tết), the lunar New Year.

2014 Time Out Kuala Lumpur Mar. 97/1 Three days of festivities feature dragon boat races and the ritual washing of the Buddha.

a. Joyous and exuberant celebration; rejoicing. In early use more specifically: the formal celebration of a religious festival.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun]

dreamOE

man-dreamOE

gleea1200

galec1200

bauderyc1386

oliprancec1390

cheera1393

gaynessc1400

disportc1405

joyousitiea1450

festivitya1500

lakea1500

gaiety1573

merriment1574

jucundity1575

galliardise?1577

jouissance1579

merrymake1579

jolliment1590

mirth1591

jollyhead1596

spleen1598

jocantry16..

geniality1609

jovialty1621

jocundry1637

gaietry1650

sport1671

fun1726

galliardism1745

gig1777

merrymaking1779

hilarity1834

rollick1852

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun]

mirthOE

gladdingc1000

man-dreamOE

gleea1200

joyingc1300

rejoyingc1350

gloryingc1384

joya1400

mirthinga1400

rejoicingc1400

exultationc1425

rejoice1445

joyousitiea1450

solation1483

festivitya1500

rejoicement1523

jubilee1526

joyance1590

insolence1595

exiliency1618

exilience1626

exultancy1632

ovation1649

exultance1650

exulting1744

jubilance1864

jubilancy1894

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 56 Þai made accesse [and] repayre For to mak þar sacryfyis To þa mawmentis on þar wisse Withe dewote solempnyte And vsuale festywite.

1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 272^v That day that the sonne returneth to the hemispherie, they keepe holy day and make great myrth with solemne festiuitie.

1650 E. Leigh Critica Sacra (ed. 2) 44/1 Fair, elegant, so as Citizens are, when they are trimmed up in their bravery, upon dayes of Festivity.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 38 The vintage is a time of general festivity [Ger. Freyheiten].

1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries 240 The old man..was honoured with a sort of triumph, succeeded by general festivity.

1941 H. C. Fletcher Psychic Episodes of Great Zimbabwe iii. 23 Birth was attended by great festivity and..thousands of people witnessed the process of birth with acclamation and with wonder.

1995 Irish Times (Nexis) 1 Mar. 2 Matronalia, an annual day of festivity and rejoicing for the married women of ancient Rome.

b. The quality or condition of being festive; suitability for a festival. Hence: gaiety, conviviality, air of celebration.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > quality or condition of being merry

merrinesseOE

jollitya1350

jollinessc1386

jocundityc1420

festivity1583

buxomness1598

joviality1626

mirthsomenessa1645

jocosity1646

allegresse1652

jovialness1658

mirthfulness1749

festiveness1777

zizz1920

gleefulness1934

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > festivity

feast?c1225

feastinga1325

jubilee1526

festivity1583

gala1716

festiveness1777

party spirit1816

trouble1884

1583 M. M. S. tr. B. de las Casas Spanish Colonie sig. D4 The do weare in these friskes all their riche furniture, their best gorgious attyre, and their iewels,..for these are the greatest signes of ioy and festiuitie that they doe vse.

1622 S. Ward Life of Faith in Death 108 Soules..adorned with white Robes; that is..glorified with perfect righteousnesse, puritie..and festiuitie.

1787 J. Q. Adams 22 Oct. in R. J. Taylor & M. Friedlaender Diary (1981) II. 307 Bacchus and Momus joined hands to increase the festivity of the company.

1827 Oriental Herald & Jrnl. Gen. Lit. Sept. 572 The festivity of the evening was much heightened by the eloquence of both [speakers].

1969 Orientalia New Ser. 38 1 The great festivals whose splendid pageantry and colourful festivity enlivened the life of imperial Thebes.

2010 Revue Belge de Musicologie 64 137 The tempo of chant was variable and would differ depending on the solemnity or the festivity of the feast.

†3. Of written or spoken language: pleasant and light-hearted courtesy or elegance of tone. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun]

facunda1340

rhetoricc1405

elegancy?a1475

elegance?1504

facundity1530

grace1530

festivity1542

roundness1557

concinnity1577

style1589

comptness1611

politeness1627

concinneness1655

speakingness1851

style1851

daintiness1878

yugen1921

simplex munditiis1933

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 140^v The festiuitee or myrthe and pleasaunte grace of the saiyng.

1657 tr. J. Buccardus Prayse of Peireskius in W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility 274 Your..Urbanity and pleasant jesting has not bin by me answered and recompensed with like festivity.

1770 J. Andrews Acct. Char. & Manners French I. Introd. 9 That kind of Literature which naturally promotes Politeness and Festivity of Intercourse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	festivity
释义	festivityn. Brit. /fɛˈstɪvᵻti/, U.S. /fɛˈstɪvᵻdi/ Forms: late Middle English festyuite, late Middle English–1500s festiuitee, late Middle English–1500s festivite, late Middle English–1500s festyuyte, 1500s–1600s feastiuitie, 1500s–1600s festiuitie, 1500s–1600s festyvitie, 1600s feastiuity, 1600s–1700s festivitie, 1600s– festivity; also Scottish pre-1700 festyvyte, pre-1700 festywite. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French festivité; Latin festīvitāt-, festīvitās. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French festivité feast, rejoicing (13th cent.; French festivité subsequently from 1801 in the sense ‘rejoicing on the occasion of a feast’), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin festīvitāt-, festīvitās conviviality, (of speeches or speakers) liveliness, wit, in post-classical Latin also feast, sacred day (Vulgate) < festīvus festive adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).Compare Catalan festivitat (15th cent.), Spanish festividad (1325), Portuguese festividade (1648), Italian festività (mid 13th cent. as festivitate), and also ( < Latin) German Festivität (beginning of the 16th cent. as festivitet). Forms in feast- show alteration after feast n. 1. A festive celebration; an occasion of gaiety or rejoicing. Formerly spec.: a religious feast or festival. Now chiefly in plural: festive proceedings; activities or events celebrating a special occasion, typically organized to a schedule. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] festivityc1410 rejoicingc1475 festivala1500 gaudy1535 show of misrule1555 gaudc1571 wake1577 festal1581 jubilee1589 gaudy-nighta1616 gala night1762 bridewain1789 gala1800 bean-feast1805 holinighta1821 let-off1827 glorification1843 pesta1964 c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 119 It byfel in a festivite [L. festivitate] þat..o knyght offred nouȝt. a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 197 At his grete festivite Kynges and yerles..were there presente. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 1 (MED) The olde fadres a-fore tymes made..the festyuites of holy apostles and martires..to be louyd and halowed. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 798 That our feastiuitie may bee made in remembraunce of the reste. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 94 In his Easter-day Sermon turning his Speech to the Festivity itselfe. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 486 There happening a great, and solemn Festivity..he [sc. David] condescends,..to beg of a Rich..Man, some small Repast. 1763 Rambler 3 198 The house is thrown open to all that are inclined to enter it, and the whole province flocks together as to a general festivity. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 12 Tupman again expressed an earnest wish to be present at the festivity. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. vi. i. 88 Several persons bustling into London to share in the festivities of the day. 1927 T. Mathiassen Thule Culture iii. 156 Presumably these stone settings have been festival places, where the Eskimos have held festivities and feasts when a good catch was made. 2012 Jrnl. Southeast Asian Stud. 43 2 Vietnamese social life has its pivot in the seasonal festivity of Tết Nguyên Đán (Tết), the lunar New Year. 2014 Time Out Kuala Lumpur Mar. 97/1 Three days of festivities feature dragon boat races and the ritual washing of the Buddha. 2. a. Joyous and exuberant celebration; rejoicing. In early use more specifically: the formal celebration of a religious festival. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] dreamOE man-dreamOE gleea1200 galec1200 bauderyc1386 oliprancec1390 cheera1393 gaynessc1400 disportc1405 joyousitiea1450 festivitya1500 lakea1500 gaiety1573 merriment1574 jucundity1575 galliardise?1577 jouissance1579 merrymake1579 jolliment1590 mirth1591 jollyhead1596 spleen1598 jocantry16.. geniality1609 jovialty1621 jocundry1637 gaietry1650 sport1671 fun1726 galliardism1745 gig1777 merrymaking1779 hilarity1834 rollick1852 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] mirthOE gladdingc1000 man-dreamOE gleea1200 joyingc1300 rejoyingc1350 gloryingc1384 joya1400 mirthinga1400 rejoicingc1400 exultationc1425 rejoice1445 joyousitiea1450 solation1483 festivitya1500 rejoicement1523 jubilee1526 joyance1590 insolence1595 exiliency1618 exilience1626 exultancy1632 ovation1649 exultance1650 exulting1744 jubilance1864 jubilancy1894 a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 56 Þai made accesse [and] repayre For to mak þar sacryfyis To þa mawmentis on þar wisse Withe dewote solempnyte And vsuale festywite. 1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 272^v That day that the sonne returneth to the hemispherie, they keepe holy day and make great myrth with solemne festiuitie. 1650 E. Leigh Critica Sacra (ed. 2) 44/1 Fair, elegant, so as Citizens are, when they are trimmed up in their bravery, upon dayes of Festivity. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 38 The vintage is a time of general festivity [Ger. Freyheiten]. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries 240 The old man..was honoured with a sort of triumph, succeeded by general festivity. 1941 H. C. Fletcher Psychic Episodes of Great Zimbabwe iii. 23 Birth was attended by great festivity and..thousands of people witnessed the process of birth with acclamation and with wonder. 1995 Irish Times (Nexis) 1 Mar. 2 Matronalia, an annual day of festivity and rejoicing for the married women of ancient Rome. b. The quality or condition of being festive; suitability for a festival. Hence: gaiety, conviviality, air of celebration. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > quality or condition of being merry merrinesseOE jollitya1350 jollinessc1386 jocundityc1420 festivity1583 buxomness1598 joviality1626 mirthsomenessa1645 jocosity1646 allegresse1652 jovialness1658 mirthfulness1749 festiveness1777 zizz1920 gleefulness1934 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > festivity feast?c1225 feastinga1325 jubilee1526 festivity1583 gala1716 festiveness1777 party spirit1816 trouble1884 1583 M. M. S. tr. B. de las Casas Spanish Colonie sig. D4 The do weare in these friskes all their riche furniture, their best gorgious attyre, and their iewels,..for these are the greatest signes of ioy and festiuitie that they doe vse. 1622 S. Ward Life of Faith in Death 108 Soules..adorned with white Robes; that is..glorified with perfect righteousnesse, puritie..and festiuitie. 1787 J. Q. Adams 22 Oct. in R. J. Taylor & M. Friedlaender Diary (1981) II. 307 Bacchus and Momus joined hands to increase the festivity of the company. 1827 Oriental Herald & Jrnl. Gen. Lit. Sept. 572 The festivity of the evening was much heightened by the eloquence of both [speakers]. 1969 Orientalia New Ser. 38 1 The great festivals whose splendid pageantry and colourful festivity enlivened the life of imperial Thebes. 2010 Revue Belge de Musicologie 64 137 The tempo of chant was variable and would differ depending on the solemnity or the festivity of the feast. †3. Of written or spoken language: pleasant and light-hearted courtesy or elegance of tone. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] facunda1340 rhetoricc1405 elegancy?a1475 elegance?1504 facundity1530 grace1530 festivity1542 roundness1557 concinnity1577 style1589 comptness1611 politeness1627 concinneness1655 speakingness1851 style1851 daintiness1878 yugen1921 simplex munditiis1933 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 140^v The festiuitee or myrthe and pleasaunte grace of the saiyng. 1657 tr. J. Buccardus Prayse of Peireskius in W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility 274 Your..Urbanity and pleasant jesting has not bin by me answered and recompensed with like festivity. 1770 J. Andrews Acct. Char. & Manners French I. Introd. 9 That kind of Literature which naturally promotes Politeness and Festivity of Intercourse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1410
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