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festy

British  
/ ˈfɛstɪ /

adjective

  1. dirty; malodorous

  2. very bad

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of festy

C20: shortened form of festering

Example Sentences

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Festy Ebosele replaces Kingsley Ehizibue because of an injury.

From BBC

But only Montana has hosted a Rocky Mountain oyster festival for 32 years and counting, and only Montana has the good linguistic sense to call said festival the Testy Festy.

From Slate

But only Montana has hosted a Rocky Mountain oyster festival for 32 years and counting, and only Montana has the good linguistic sense to call said festival the Testy Festy.

From Slate

I never shall think it unkind if you really can’t come, you know, Festy.’ 

From Project Gutenberg

The startled old farmer danced round like a top, and gasping, said, as he perceived his nephew, ‘What, Festy! not thrown from your horse and killed, then, after all!’

From Project Gutenberg

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