festivous

English

Etymology

festive +‎ -ous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstɪvəs/

Adjective

festivous (comparative more festivous, superlative most festivous)

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a feast; festive.
   • 1818 July 25, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC:

     If thou hast chuckled over their facetious and festivous descriptions […]

References

• “festivous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.