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Definition of Festal
1. Adjective. Offering fun and gaiety. "A merry evening"
Definition of Festal
1. a. Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.
Definition of Festal
1. Adjective. festive, relating to a festival or feast ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Festal
1. festive [adj] : FESTALLY [adv] - See also: festive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Festal
Literary usage of Festal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey (1896)
"COME to the festal board to-night, For bright-eyed beauty will be there, Her
coral lips in nectar steeped, And garlanded her hair. 2. Come to the festal ..."
2. The Fine Arts: A Manual by Gerard Baldwin Brown (1902)
"The artistic outcome of the brilliant festal life of medieval Italy. Such was
then the picturesque and brilliant festal life that was so marked a feature ..."
3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"festal. v*'--L.) OFfestal. Formed (with F. suffix -<r/<L. -ÍÍ/Ú1 from L. fest-
um, a feast, orig. neut. of fes/us, festive, joyful. ..."
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