Meaning of FESTIVITY
| Pronunciation: | | fe'stivitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] any joyous diversion |
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| | Synonyms: | | celebration |
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| | See Also: | | blowout, conviviality, diversion, festival, fete, gala, gala affair, Isthmian Games, jamboree, jollification, merrymaking, Olympian Games, Olympic Games, recreation, victory celebration | |
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| | Definition: | | \Fes*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Festivities}. [L. festivitas:
cf. F. festivit['e].]
1. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration
of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.
The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth.
--Bp. Hurd.
2. A festival; a festive celebration. --Sir T. Browne.
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| | Related Terms: | | amusement, anniversaries, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, ball, banquet, blowout, boisterousness, brawl, carnival, caucus, celebrating, celebration, celebrations, ceremony, cheer, cocktail party, coffee klatch, colloquium, commemoration, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, conviviality, convocation, costume party, council, dance, date, diet, dinner, dinner party, do, donation party, dressing ship, eisteddfod, elation, entertainment, exultation, fair, fanfare, fanfaronade, feast, felicity, festival, festive occasion, fete, field day, fiesta, flourish of trumpets, forgathering, forum, frivolity, fun and games, gaiety, gala, gala affair, gala day, garden party, gathering, get-together, glee, good cheer, great doings, heartiness, hen party, high jinks, hilarity, holiday, holiday-making, hoopla, house party, house-raising, housewarming, jamboree, jollification, jollity, joviality, joyance, joyfulness, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, Kaffeeklatsch, kermis, larking, lawn party, levee, mad round, mafficking, Mardi Gras, marking the occasion, mask, masque, masquerade, masquerade party, meet, meeting, memorialization, memory, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, observance, ovation, panel, party, picnic, plenum, prom, quorum, racketing, rally, raucous happiness, reception, regale, regalement, rejoicing, religious rites, remembrance, rendezvous, revel, reveling, revelment, revelry, revels, rite, ritual observance, round of pleasures, salute, salvo, Saturnalia, seance, session, shindig, shindy, show of joy, shower, sit-in, sitting, skylarking, smoker, soiree, solemn observance, solemnization, stag, stag party, surprise party, symposium, synod, testimonial, testimonial banquet, testimonial dinner, toast, treat, tribute, triumph, turnout, waygoose, wayzgoose, whoopee |
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