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单词 festoonery
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festooneryn.

Brit. /fɛˈstuːn(ə)ri/, U.S. /fɛˈstunəri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: festoon n., -ery suffix.
Etymology: < festoon n. + -ery suffix.
Things arranged in festoons, collectively; festooned decoration or arrangement. Also more generally: decoration, ornamentation.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that which hangs or is suspended > that which hangs between two points > flowers, leaves, etc. > collectively
festoonery1809
1809 Morning Post 26 Oct. The words ‘Long live the King’, and a very elegant display of festoonery.
1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 39 352 How exquisitely beautiful were the hedges, such tracery, and every thing in them so, bent, and communicating with each other, as if conscious of, and pleased with their festoonery of silver.
a1864 N. Hawthorne Grimshawe in Amer. Claimant MSS (1977) 411 The singular aspect of the room.., the spider festoonery and other strange accompaniments.
1881 M. Reid Free Lances I. v. 57 The drooping festoonery of the trees.
1938 P. Kavanagh Green Fool (1971) i. 7 By six, narrow sunbeam ribbons like wedding festoonery would be stretched from roof to floor.
1999 S. Turow Personal Injuries 56 There is also a variety of silly concrete festoonery spaced along the flat cornice, including masks of Justice and other Greek figures.
2017 Gold Coast (Austral.) Eye (Nexis) 23 Dec. (Lifestyle section) 4 Retailers have gone all-out again, piling on the festive festoonery, laying waste to vast forests for catalogues.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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