festive
[ fes-tiv ]
/ ˈfɛs tɪv /
adjective
pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival: festive decorations; a festive meal.
joyous; merry: a festive mood.
QUIZZES
CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!
How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text!
Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.
Question 1 of 10
In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.
Origin of festive
OTHER WORDS FROM festive
Words nearby festive
festinant, festinate, festination, festival, festival hall, festive, festive season, festivity, festoon, festoon blind, festoonery
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British Dictionary definitions for festive
festive
/ (ˈfɛstɪv) /
adjective
appropriate to or characteristic of a holiday, etc; merry
Derived forms of festive
festively, adverbfestiveness, nounWord Origin for festive
C17: from Latin festīvus joyful, from festus of a feast
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