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festal, a. and n.|ˈfɛstəl|
[a. OF. festal, festel, f. L. fest-um: see feast and -al1.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to a feast or festivity.
1479in Eng. Gilds (1870) 414 The festall daie of Seynt Mighell Tharchangell. 1740Somerville Hobbinol ii. (1749) 139 Blind British Bards..on festal Days Shall chant this mournful Tale. 1838Thirlwall Greece II. xi. 67 She presented herself in her festal dress. 1847De Quincey Sp. Mil. Nun viii. (1853) 16 A place..radiant with festal pleasures.
b. Of a person: Keeping holiday. Of a place: Given up to feasting or festivity.
1798W. Sotheby tr. Wieland's Oberon (1826) I. 15 At Bourdeaux' festal town. 1801Southey Thalaba vi. xxviii, From tents of revelry, From festal bowers, to solitude he ran. 1863Hawthorne Our Old Home 251 The aspect of Greenwich park, with all those festal people wandering through it.
2. Befitting a feast; hence, gay, joyous.
1749Chesterfield Lett. II. ccxii. 311 No warmth of festal mirth. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Shaks. Wks. (Bohn) I. 364 He touches nothing that does not borrow health and longevity from his festal style. 1858De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. I. 200 The ball-room wore an elegant and festal air.
b. quasi-adv.
1747Collins Passions 87 Amid the festal sounding shades.
B. n. A feast, festivity, merry-making.
1818Shelley Rev. Islam v. lvi, Gore Or poison none this festal did pollute. 1871B. Taylor Faust (1875) II. ii. iii. 140 Off to the cheerful festals of the Sea!
Hence ˈfestally adv., in a festal manner.
1852G. W. Curtis Wanderer in Syria 279 The way could not have been more festally adorned. 1883Stevenson Silverado Sq. (1886) 5 The chapel bell..sounded most festally that sunny Sunday. |