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fes·tal (f

adj.

Of, relating to, or of the nature of a feast or festival; festive.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin fstlis, from Latin fstum, feast; see feast.]

festal·ly adv.

festal [ˈfɛst^əl]

adj

another word for festive

[from Latin festum holiday, banquet; see feast]

festally adv

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Adj.

festal - offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"

festive, merry, gay

joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"

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fair Feastful festive gala Gay merry Twelfth Night	When at the festal board, in order plac'd, They hear the song. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context He never wrote to them--that may have been selfish, but it was a part of the flattery of his trust of me; for the way in which a man pays his highest tribute to a woman is apt to be but by the more festal celebration of one of the sacred laws of his comfort; and I held that I carried out the spirit of the pledge given not to appeal to him when I let my charges understand that their own letters were but charming literary exercises. Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context Into this festal season of the year -- as it already was, and continued to be during the greater part of two centuries -- the Puritans compressed whatever mirth and public joy they deemed allowable to human infirmity; thereby so far dispelling the customary cloud, that, for the space of a single holiday, they appeared scarcely more grave than most other communities at a period of general affliction. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context	fervent fervently Fervescent fervid fervidly fervidness Fervidor fervor fervour Fes Fès Fesapo fescennine fescue fescue grass Fesels Fesnyng fess fess point fess up fesse fesse point Fessitude Fesswise fest festal Festally Festennine fester festering Festerment Festeye Festi-val festilogy festina lente festinate festination Festino festival Festival Hall Festival of Lights festive festivity Festivous Festlich festoon festoon blind festoonery Festoony festschrift Festuca	fest fest fest fest fest fest fest FEST (disambiguation) Fest Disambiguation FEST-A FEST-M Festa Festa Festa da Luz Festa da Serreta Festa das Latas Festa das Latas Festa de la Mercè Festa dei Giglio Festa del Grillo Festa del Impruneta Festa del Redentore Festa do Bonfim Festa do Divino Festa do Espirito Santo de Manteca Festa dos Tabuleiros Festa teatrale Festa, Costanzo Festa, Costanzo Festac festal Festál at Seattle Center Festál at Seattle Center festally festally Festas Gualterianas Festchrift Feste Feste Feste Virtuelle Verbindung FESTEM FESTEM Festen Festen Festennine fester fester fester fester fester festered festered festered festered festering festering festering festering festering Festerment festers

When at the festal board, in order plac'd, They hear the song.

A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context

He never wrote to them--that may have been selfish, but it was a part of the flattery of his trust of me; for the way in which a man pays his highest tribute to a woman is apt to be but by the more festal celebration of one of the sacred laws of his comfort; and I held that I carried out the spirit of the pledge given not to appeal to him when I let my charges understand that their own letters were but charming literary exercises.

Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context

Into this festal season of the year -- as it already was, and continued to be during the greater part of two centuries -- the Puritans compressed whatever mirth and public joy they deemed allowable to human infirmity; thereby so far dispelling the customary cloud, that, for the space of a single holiday, they appeared scarcely more grave than most other communities at a period of general affliction.

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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