单词 | festivous |
释义 | festivousadj. Now rare. Of or relating to a feast or festival; joyous, celebratory; merry, convivial; = festive adj. ΘΚΠ 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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