fest
/fɛst
/noun informal
A festival or gathering devoted to a particular activity or interest: an annual food and wine fest the fest will include 37 feature films...
- A more interesting film, also centering on Filipino-Americans, closes the fest.
- Sadly, my favourite film of the fest's first days will not be up for the Palme d' Or.
- Several days into the fest, the press screenings started getting rowdy.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from German Fest 'festival'.
- marriage proposal
- marriage rate
- marriage ring
- marriage service
- marriage settlement
- marriage song
- marriage supper
- marriage value
- commercialize
- commercialized
- commercially
- commercial paper
- commercial space
- commercial traveller
- commercial vehicle
- commie
- commination
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- commingle
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- commis
- commis chef
- commiscible
- commiserable