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Definition of Festivity
1. Noun. Any joyous diversion.
Specialized synonyms: Agon, Conviviality, Jollification, Merrymaking, Feria, Festival, Fete, Blowout, Gala, Gala Affair, Jamboree, Ludi Saeculares, Secular Games, Victory Celebration
Generic synonyms: Diversion, Recreation
Derivative terms: Celebrate, Celebrate, Festive
Definition of Festivity
1. n. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.
Definition of Festivity
1. Noun. (often pluralized) A festival or similar celebration. ¹
2. Noun. An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Festivity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Festivity
Literary usage of Festivity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the by Charles John Smith (1871)
"festivity. HOLIDAY. FEAST. In ecclesiastical language a FEA.ST is any day which (not
being a fast) is observed with peculiar ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"licentious festivity. At the hour of midnight the impetuous multitude, with
swords, and bows, and torches in their hands, rushed into the suburbs ..."
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