Festive

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

festive
    adj 1: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal)
           occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry
           evening" [syn: {gay}, {festal}, {festive}, {merry}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Festive \Fes"tive\, a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast.
   See {feast}, and cf. {Festivous}.]
   Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay;
   mirthful; sportive. -- {Fes"tive*ly}, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

         The glad circle round them yield their souls
         To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. --Thomson.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "festive":
      blithe, blithesome, boon, convivial, festal, free and easy, gala,
      gay, gladsome, gleeful, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, hilarious,
      jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, merry,
      merrymaking, mirthful, on the loose

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