单词 | feting |
释义 | fetingn. The action or fact of providing or participating in a feast or fête; celebration, festivity. Hence: the action or fact of honouring or acclaiming a person, esp. with a feast or other celebration. ΚΠ 1830 Spectator 2 Oct. 768/2 We are counselled in Scripture, when we make a feast, to invite to it the poor and the destitute... The feasting or fêting of children has the same species of recommendation. 1849 Chron. & Corres. Soc. ‘Old Guyites’ 157 Gaiety, gondola coursing, and fêting of all sorts was the order of the day. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 11 Sept. 1/3 It would be absurd to expect as much fêting and feeding among the Liberal as among the Conservative rank and file. 1952 A.B.M. Rev. 1 Nov. 176/2 Then everybody settled down to feasting, dancing and feteing of one another with gifts of food. 2005 Internat. Jrnl. Retail & Distribution Managem. 33 268 The feting of fashion magazine editors to assure front page brand coverage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830 |
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