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feastful, a. arch.|ˈfiːstfʊl|
[f. as prec. + -ful. The formation was prob. first suggested by the sound of festival a.; cf. festyful.]
1. Occupied in or addicted to feasting; of the nature of feasting; festive. † feastful day: originally = festival day, but in late examples the adj. has the general sense.
a1440Found. St. Bartholomew's ii. i. 35 Whan the goldyne path of the son reducid to vs the desirid ioyes of festfull celebrite. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 49 Upon a festful day Clepyd of the temple the dedycacyoun. 1553Becon Reliques of Rome (1563) 75* The feastful day of the Epiphanye. 1645Milton Sonnet ix. 12 The Bridegroom and his feastful friends Pass to bliss. 1671― Samson 1741 The virgins also shall, on feastful days, Visit his tomb with flowers. 1725Pope Odyss. i. 117 His herds and flocks in feastful rites devour. Ibid. iv. 901 They rise, and to the feastful hall remove. 1849J. Sterling in Fraser's Mag. XXXIX. 416 For this he bade to smile The feastful city with all joy's excesses. 1870Morris Earthly Par. iv. 346 So fell the noisy day to feastful night.
2. Filled with feasting, full of food and wine.
1810Lamb Poems, Salome, The feastful monarch's heart was fired. |