Festivity

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  • noun. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival.
  • noun. The joy and merriment of a festival or celebration.
  • noun. The proceedings or events of a festival.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Feasting, or the condition of joy and gaiety becoming a feast; joyfulness; gaiety; social entertainment with merry-making.
  • noun. A festival; a festive event or celebration.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.
  • noun. A festival; a festive celebration.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A festival or similar celebration.
  • noun. An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any joyous diversion
  • Word Usage
    "One cannot help feeling that much of all this festivity is a mistake: the expenses incurred are far above the means of the parties responsible, and the effect on the Amboinese character is not beneficial."