† festyfulladj.
Obsolete.
Designating a church feast or holy day; relating to or characteristic of such a feast or day; = festival adj.
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festyfull?a1425
high day1600
festivous1654
festal1724
carnivalesque1791
bank holiday1885
holidayish1886
bank-holidayish1894
gala1954
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 136 To theise ydoles þei ȝeuen to ete at grete festyfull dayes.
1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth xi. 41 The festifull dayes, which many dedicate to Bacchus and Venus.
1605 R. Buckland tr. St. Victor Memorable Hist. Persecution in Africke iii. iv. 138 This is our desired day; more festifull then any festiuity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021).
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