单词 | festual |
释义 | † festualadj. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. Designating a church festival or holy day; of or relating to such a festival or day; = festal adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective] festival1389 feastfulc1425 festual1462 festal1479 gaudious1570 full-mouthed1610 festive1613 genial1620 festivous1782 1462 Charter Edinb. Reg. House No. 368 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Festuale Apon fourti dayis warning apon a festuale day in the parishe kirk. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 155 Quhethir bataill may be lefully done on a festuale day...Ffor the festuale day is ordanyt to serue god apon anerly. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados iv. viii. 107 With..festuall burgeouns, arrayit. 1616 Earl Stirling Poem in Drummond of Hawthornden Wks. (1711) 150 Happy Day, to which..(the consecrated) Festual Pomp is due. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. ii. 22 It is not necessary to keep any festuall day. 1864 J. A. Symonds Let. 23 Jan. (1967) I. 437 A sound of tragic pipe & festual sonorous verse & rapt oration in the porches of the gods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021). < |
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