Festive Definition

fĕstĭv
adjective
Of, for, or suited to a feast or festival.
Webster's New World
Merry; joyous.
Webster's New World

In the mood to celebrate.

Please put the Christmas decorations away, I'm really not in a festive mood.
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Origin of Festive

  • From French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”). Equivalent to feast +‎ -ive.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin fēstīvus from fēstus dhēs- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Festive Sentence Examples

  • Then the proceedings became festive, queens and great ladies taking part.

  • It was near ten o'clock the next morning when Martha awoke in a festive mood with the appetite of a hibernating bear.

  • The picture gallery is associated with the festive scenes that occurred during the short residence of Prince Charles in 1745; and in it the election of representative peers for Scotland takes place.

  • We put up festive lights and decorate a Christmas tree.

  • Pilgrimages to Mecca were not tied to a single time, but they were naturally associated with festive occasions, and especially with the great annual feast and market.

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Words Starting With

FFEFES

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EVEIVE

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