festoonery

[fe-stoo-nuh-ree]

noun

1. a decoration of festoons.

2. festoons collectively.

festoonery

/ fɛˈstuːnərɪ /

noun

1. an arrangement of festoons

Word History and Origins

Origin of festoonery¹

First recorded in 1830–40; festoon + -ery

Example Sentences

Thirteen years later, however, what started as a simple and intuitive way to find music has become a cluttered festoonery of features.

From The New Yorker

Flashed upon his delighted eyes the crimson masses of tree foliage, and the festoonery of scarlet creepers.

From Project Gutenberg

There are new galleries on Broad Street, and a festoonery of restaurants, bars and boutique bakeries have transformed the once-struggling design district on upper King Street.

From New York Times

The rumbling of wheels heard through the drooping festoonery of the trees, proclaimed that a second carriage was approaching along the Shell Road.

From Project Gutenberg

The grey gauze-like festoonery, having a resemblance to ascending smoke, hinders him from perceiving that of the discharged gun.

From Project Gutenberg