† ˈprimifesteObs.nonce-wd. [ad.mod.L. prīmifest-usadj. (More), f. L. prīm-us first + fest-um a feast.] (See quot.) 1551Robinson tr.More's Utop. ii. (1895) 289 The whyche woordes maye be interpreted primifeste and finifest; or els, in our speache, first feast and last feast.