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Definition of Festoonery
1. Noun. Flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration.
Definition of Festoonery
1. Noun. That which is festooned; hanging ornamentation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Festoonery
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Festoonery
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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