Definition of Festoonery

1. Noun. Flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration.

Exact synonyms: Festoon
Generic synonyms: Flower Chain
Derivative terms: Festoon, Festoon

Definition of Festoonery

1. Noun. That which is festooned; hanging ornamentation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Festoonery

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Festoonery

festivalist
festivalists
festivals
festive
festive season
festively
festiveness
festivenesses
festivities
festivity
festivous
festlich
festoon
festooned
festooneries
festoonery (current term)
festooning
festoons
festoony
fests
festschrift
festschriften
festucine
festucous
festue
festues
festy
feta
fetal
fetal age

Literary usage of Festoonery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of English Literature by William Vaughn Moody, Robert Morss Lovett (1918)
"... to cover the solid framework of his enterprise with a wild festoonery of intellectual whim, to envelop it in fitful eloquence, swift and subtle wit, ..."

2. The Women of the American Revolutionby E. F. (Elizabeth Fries) Ellet by E. F. (Elizabeth Fries) Ellet (1848)
"From these authors she derives the historical facts that constitute the main building, which she adorn* «o tastefully with ths beautiful festoonery of her ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"Why, I declare they just match the festoonery on your dress. I was rather taken with them, but they have got so precious dirty coming over. ..."

4. Napoleon and His Marshalsby Joel Tyler Headley by Joel Tyler Headley (1847)
"From th>pe authors she derives i eo tastefully with the beautiful festoonery nf her inventive ..."

5. Lew Wallace;: An Autobiography by Lew Wallace (1906)
"Two west windows, though frequently muddled by the festoonery of intrusive spiders, lighted the room of afternoons, but not of mornings. ..."

6. Pennsylvania, Colonial and Federal: A History, 1608-1903 by Howard Malcolm Jenkins (1903)
"Grapevines and Virginia creepers mantled the trees everywhere, and every stump was draped with woodland festoonery, and every shady nook was full of ferns ..."

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