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单词 festivous
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festivousadj.

Brit. /ˈfɛstᵻvəs/, U.S. /ˈfɛstəvəs/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– festivous, 1700s festivious.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin festīvus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin festīvus festive adj. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier festival adj., festive adj.Compare Italian festivoso (1313). With the form festivious compare -ious suffix. N.E.D. (1895) gives the pronunciation as (festəəs) /fɛˈstaɪvəs/.
Now rare.
Of or relating to a feast or festival; joyous, celebratory; merry, convivial; = festive adj.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]
blitheOE
merryOE
golikc1175
lustya1225
playfulc1225
jollyc1305
merrya1350
jocund?c1380
galliardc1386
in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395
mirthfula1400
baudec1400
gayc1400
jovy1426
jocantc1440
crank1499
envoisiesa1500
as merry as a cricket1509
pleasant1530
frolic?1548
jolious1575
gleeful1586
buxom1590
gleesome1590
festival1592
laughter-loving1592
disposed1593
jucund1596
heartsomec1600
jovial1607
jovialist1610
laughsome1612
jocundary1618
gaysome1633
chirpinga1637
jovialissime1652
airy1654
festivous1654
hilarous1659
spleneticala1661
cocket1671
cranny1673
high1695
vogie1715
raffing?1719
festal1724
as merry (or lively) as a grig1728
hearty1755
tittuping1772
festive1774
fun-loving1776
mirthsome1787
Falstaffian1809
cranky1811
laughful1825
as lively as a cricket1832
hurrah1835
hilarious1838
Bacchic1865
laughterful1874
griggish1879
banzai1929
slap-you-on-the-back1932
society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective] > befitting
festyfull?a1425
high day1600
festivous1654
festal1724
carnivalesque1791
bank holiday1885
holidayish1886
bank-holidayish1894
gala1954
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [adjective]
merryeOE
jovial1607
Dionysiana1610
Anacreontic1640
jovialissime1652
festivous1654
convival1658
convivial1669
society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective]
festival1389
feastfulc1425
festual1462
festal1479
gaudious1570
full-mouthed1610
festive1613
genial1620
festivous1782
1654 J. Speed in E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot sig. **v A magick circle of Festivous Wit.
a1675 J. Lightfoot Wks. (1684) I. 547 He was one chosen from among the guests..that was most festivous of all the company, and that would not be drunk, and yet that would drink freely.
1782 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 67 The Georgians..on festivious occasions indulge in the most unbounded excess.
1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. vii. 187 Some pretty pageant, or festivous mummery.
1865 Spectator 21 Jan. 70 Thanksgiving Day..is not regarded as a festival, and not very festivous.
2006 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Tribune Rev. (Nexis) 1 June This is a festival, and first and foremost, festivals should have a more festivous feel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1654
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