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Latin
Etymology
From fēstus (“of or pertaining to feasts”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fēstīvus (feminine fēstīva, neuter fēstīvum, adverb fēstīvē or fēstīviter); first/second-declension adjective
- lively, festive, joyous, gay, merry
- agreeable, pleasing; handsome, pretty
- (of character) jovial, agreeable
- (of speech) humorous, witty, lively
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “festivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “festivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- festivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.