en fête
Britishadverb
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dressed for a festivity
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engaged in a festivity
Etymology
Origin of en fête
C19: literally: in festival
Example Sentences
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London, to borrow a phrase from the legendary Brian Glanville’s narration to the film Goal!, is en fête.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2021
While the oval-ball world has been en fête and its lead acts have been redefining what modern sportsmanship looks and feels like in recent weeks, not everyone’s reputation has been enhanced.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2015
That same evening Nansen’s wife and his secretary, Christophersen, arrived in Hammerfest, and the whole place was en fête to celebrate the event.
From Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young by Jacob B. Bull
At present great sensation in Oxford: this town, so gloomy, so sad ordinarily, is to-day en fête.
From The Casual Ward academic and other oddments by A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley
It is en fête every evening; and you have only to walk that mile often enough, and the whole town will display itself at leisure and at its ease, perfectly unconscious and natural and selfish.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 by Various
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