festiveadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɛstɪv/, U.S.

/ˈfɛstɪv/

Forms: 1600s festiue, 1600s– festive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin festīvus.

Etymology: < classical Latin festīvus (of days) festal, (in colloquial use) excellent, fine, (of people) genial, (of writings) lively, bright, witty, amusing < festum (see feast n.) + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare earlier festal adj., festival adj., and also earlier feastly adj.Compare Middle French, French †festif, Spanish festivo (both 15th cent.), Italian festivo (end of the 13th cent.), and also German festiv (late 17th cent.; now rare).

1. Of or relating to a feast or festival; befitting such a celebration. Now also spec.: of or relating to Christmas (see also festive season n. at Compounds).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective]

festival1389

feastfulc1425

festual1462

festal1479

gaudious1570

full-mouthed1610

festive1613

genial1620

festivous1782

1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age ii. ii. sig. E2 Drinke, quaffe, be blith; oh how this festiue ioy Stirs vp my fury to reuenge and death.

1651 E. Sherburne tr. Martial Epigr. ii. xli All festive jollities forbear.

1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 71 The glad Circle..yield their Souls To festive Mirth.

1797 E. Burke Three Mem. French Affairs 70 The appointment of festive anniversaries.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned 56 The anointed ones were in purple and festive pomp.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 108 Around the festive board.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ii. 36 The Grecian festive games.

1956 G. Huntington Madame Solario x. 113 He wished to order something festive, perhaps champagne.

1988 Times 4 Jan. 21/5 (headline) Festive sales hit hopes of wine record.

2008 L. S. Brugh & G. W. Lathrop Sunday Assembly I. v. 91 The most ancient festive garment Christians have worn to church is the garment of our baptism.

2019 Fife Today (Nexis) 1 Feb. Foodbanks across north east Fife fed more people than ever over the festive period.

2. Of a place or time: devoted to feasting or celebration. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective] > festive (of place or season)

festive1640

festal1783

1640 G. Sandys tr. H. Grotius Christs Passion v. 71 Those radiant Troopes, which Darknesse put to flight, Thy Throws as listed in that festive Night [L. festae..noctis].

1735 in W. Somervile Chace 11 The festive Night awakes th' harmonious Lay.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 226 The parlour splendours of that festive place.

1857 R. A. Willmott Pleasures of Lit. xxi. 130 A short review of his friend's festive evenings.

1992 F. P. van Oostrom Court & Culture 126 Suddenly an elderly herald entered the festive hall, halted in front of William, and, before the count's astonished eyes, drove a knife into the table, ripping the tablecloth.

a. Of a person or group: disposed to celebrate, merry, convivial. Formerly also: †engaged in or fond of feasting (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective] > festive (of person)

feastlyc1405

festive1744

festal1863

society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [adjective]

merrya1350

revellingc1450

jolly1484

goodfellow-like1542

good-fellowly1573

jovial1607

jovialist1610

boona1612

merrymaking1616

festive1744

convivial1754

good-fellowish1839

rig-a-dig1851

1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 10 Wilt thou, eternal Harmony! descend, And join this festive train?

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 353 The new magistrates..belonged to a more festive party.

1888 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 392 Céleste was thrown into the society of a Mr. Elliot, a festive young gentleman, who previous to her arrival had almost succeeded in squandering the whole of a handsome fortune.

1990 W. O. Mitchell Roses are Difficult Here x. 131 Burning hide and hair were distinct in urban nostrils as festive spectators watched the consummate deftness of calf heeling, branding, wattling, vaccination, castration.

2014 S. Koven Match Girl & Heiress 330 Muriel addressed the festive crowd assembled in September 1928 to celebrate the opening of the new Kingsley Hall.

b. Joyous or celebratory in nature; infused with merriment and gaiety.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]

blitheOE

merryOE

golikc1175

lustya1225

playfulc1225

jollyc1305

merrya1350

jocund?c1380

galliardc1386

in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395

mirthfula1400

baudec1400

gayc1400

jovy1426

jocantc1440

crank1499

envoisiesa1500

as merry as a cricket1509

pleasant1530

frolic?1548

jolious1575

gleeful1586

buxom1590

gleesome1590

festival1592

laughter-loving1592

disposed1593

jucund1596

heartsomec1600

jovial1607

jovialist1610

laughsome1612

jocundary1618

gaysome1633

chirpinga1637

jovialissime1652

airy1654

festivous1654

hilarous1659

spleneticala1661

cocket1671

cranny1673

high1695

vogie1715

raffing?1719

festal1724

as merry (or lively) as a grig1728

hearty1755

tittuping1772

festive1774

fun-loving1776

mirthsome1787

Falstaffian1809

cranky1811

laughful1825

as lively as a cricket1832

hurrah1835

hilarious1838

Bacchic1865

laughterful1874

griggish1879

banzai1929

slap-you-on-the-back1932

1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. Diss. ii. sig. h4 His vein was chiefly festive and satirical.

1853 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey (new ed.) v. xi. 192 Her air was not festive, she seemed abstracted and disturbed.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. v. 121 The festive character which ran through the whole transaction.

1955 S. Shapiro tr. L. Ling in New Home & Other Stories 53 It throbbed with a springtime atmosphere, festive, triumphant.

2016 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 Nov. c6/1 Customers were in a festive mood as they took advantage of the low prices.

Compounds

festive season n. (with the) the Christmas period.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [adjective] > Christmas festivities

Christmaslya1608

festive season1794

Christmassy1852

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas > [noun]

yulea900

yule-daya900

midwinter tideeOE

midwinterOE

Christmas DayOE

ChristmasOE

good tideOE

midwinter dayOE

Christenmasc1330

nativity1389

Nowellc1400

noel1435

pacea1450

Xmas1551

yule-tide1572

Christ-tide1581

Christmastide1590

Christmastime1617

yule time1787

Xmassing1788

festive season1794

Crimbo1928

Chrissie1946

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas > [adjective]

Christmaslya1608

festive season1794

Christmassy1852

1794 Ranger 10 May 259 No sooner had the festive season departed, than she insisted upon my removing to town.

1882 Austral. Woman's Mag. & Domest. Jrnl. 1 Dec. 277/1 Although our land has no traditions of ancient Christmas days, yet we love and prize the festive season in our own sunny land.

2004 Independent 14 Jan. 5/5 We stocked up for the festive season with some superb local meat and wonderful cheeses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	festive
释义	festiveadj. Brit. /ˈfɛstɪv/, U.S. /ˈfɛstɪv/ Forms: 1600s festiue, 1600s– festive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin festīvus. Etymology: < classical Latin festīvus (of days) festal, (in colloquial use) excellent, fine, (of people) genial, (of writings) lively, bright, witty, amusing < festum (see feast n.) + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare earlier festal adj., festival adj., and also earlier feastly adj.Compare Middle French, French †festif, Spanish festivo (both 15th cent.), Italian festivo (end of the 13th cent.), and also German festiv (late 17th cent.; now rare). 1. Of or relating to a feast or festival; befitting such a celebration. Now also spec.: of or relating to Christmas (see also festive season n. at Compounds). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective] festival1389 feastfulc1425 festual1462 festal1479 gaudious1570 full-mouthed1610 festive1613 genial1620 festivous1782 1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age ii. ii. sig. E2 Drinke, quaffe, be blith; oh how this festiue ioy Stirs vp my fury to reuenge and death. 1651 E. Sherburne tr. Martial Epigr. ii. xli All festive jollities forbear. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 71 The glad Circle..yield their Souls To festive Mirth. 1797 E. Burke Three Mem. French Affairs 70 The appointment of festive anniversaries. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned 56 The anointed ones were in purple and festive pomp. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 108 Around the festive board. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ii. 36 The Grecian festive games. 1956 G. Huntington Madame Solario x. 113 He wished to order something festive, perhaps champagne. 1988 Times 4 Jan. 21/5 (headline) Festive sales hit hopes of wine record. 2008 L. S. Brugh & G. W. Lathrop Sunday Assembly I. v. 91 The most ancient festive garment Christians have worn to church is the garment of our baptism. 2019 Fife Today (Nexis) 1 Feb. Foodbanks across north east Fife fed more people than ever over the festive period. 2. Of a place or time: devoted to feasting or celebration. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective] > festive (of place or season) festive1640 festal1783 1640 G. Sandys tr. H. Grotius Christs Passion v. 71 Those radiant Troopes, which Darknesse put to flight, Thy Throws as listed in that festive Night [L. festae..noctis]. 1735 in W. Somervile Chace 11 The festive Night awakes th' harmonious Lay. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 226 The parlour splendours of that festive place. 1857 R. A. Willmott Pleasures of Lit. xxi. 130 A short review of his friend's festive evenings. 1992 F. P. van Oostrom Court & Culture 126 Suddenly an elderly herald entered the festive hall, halted in front of William, and, before the count's astonished eyes, drove a knife into the table, ripping the tablecloth. 3. a. Of a person or group: disposed to celebrate, merry, convivial. Formerly also: †engaged in or fond of feasting (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective] > festive (of person) feastlyc1405 festive1744 festal1863 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [adjective] merrya1350 revellingc1450 jolly1484 goodfellow-like1542 good-fellowly1573 jovial1607 jovialist1610 boona1612 merrymaking1616 festive1744 convivial1754 good-fellowish1839 rig-a-dig1851 1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 10 Wilt thou, eternal Harmony! descend, And join this festive train? 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 353 The new magistrates..belonged to a more festive party. 1888 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 392 Céleste was thrown into the society of a Mr. Elliot, a festive young gentleman, who previous to her arrival had almost succeeded in squandering the whole of a handsome fortune. 1990 W. O. Mitchell Roses are Difficult Here x. 131 Burning hide and hair were distinct in urban nostrils as festive spectators watched the consummate deftness of calf heeling, branding, wattling, vaccination, castration. 2014 S. Koven Match Girl & Heiress 330 Muriel addressed the festive crowd assembled in September 1928 to celebrate the opening of the new Kingsley Hall. b. Joyous or celebratory in nature; infused with merriment and gaiety. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. Diss. ii. sig. h4 His vein was chiefly festive and satirical. 1853 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey (new ed.) v. xi. 192 Her air was not festive, she seemed abstracted and disturbed. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. v. 121 The festive character which ran through the whole transaction. 1955 S. Shapiro tr. L. Ling in New Home & Other Stories 53 It throbbed with a springtime atmosphere, festive, triumphant. 2016 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 Nov. c6/1 Customers were in a festive mood as they took advantage of the low prices. Compounds festive season n. (with the) the Christmas period. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [adjective] > Christmas festivities Christmaslya1608 festive season1794 Christmassy1852 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas > [noun] yulea900 yule-daya900 midwinter tideeOE midwinterOE Christmas DayOE ChristmasOE good tideOE midwinter dayOE Christenmasc1330 nativity1389 Nowellc1400 noel1435 pacea1450 Xmas1551 yule-tide1572 Christ-tide1581 Christmastide1590 Christmastime1617 yule time1787 Xmassing1788 festive season1794 Crimbo1928 Chrissie1946 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas > [adjective] Christmaslya1608 festive season1794 Christmassy1852 1794 Ranger 10 May 259 No sooner had the festive season departed, than she insisted upon my removing to town. 1882 Austral. Woman's Mag. & Domest. Jrnl. 1 Dec. 277/1 Although our land has no traditions of ancient Christmas days, yet we love and prize the festive season in our own sunny land. 2004 Independent 14 Jan. 5/5 We stocked up for the festive season with some superb local meat and wonderful cheeses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1613
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