Reverse Dictionary: FESTIVAL

ADJECTIVES
► ANTITHALIAN disapproving of laughter or festivity → 2001 (Bk.)
► CELEBRIOUS of a ceremony, festival, etc.: attended or observed by throngs; festive → 1555 obs.
► FEASTICAL festive → 1809 Eng. dial.
► FEASTLY festive, fond of feasting, jolly → c1385 obs.
► FESTIVOUS festive, jovial, merry, gay, mirthful → 1654
► GAUDIOUS festive, joyful → 1570 obs.
► GOWDY frolicsome, festive; wanton, lascivious → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LUSTY of singing, music, festivities: merry, cheerful → 1430-40 arch.

NOUNS
► BEAN-FEAST a festive meal or other entertainment; in modern use, usually with the implication of indulgence at others’ expense → 1875 colloq.
► BEANO a festive entertainment frequently terminating in a noisy frolic or spree; a large meal → 1888 sl.
► BLOW-OUT a great display; a festive occasion; a drinking bout → 1821 sl.
► BOTTLING a festivity; a gathering of friends invited to a wedding → Bk1911 Sc.
► DAN LENO a festive event; a jollification, esp. a coach trip to the seaside → 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘beano’
► FEAST rejoicing, festivity → c1300 obs.
► FEST an informal meeting or celebration; a festival; usually used in combinations, as talkfest → 1910 Amer. dial.
► GAUD ► GAWD a festivity, rejoicing → 1571 obs.
► GAUDY rejoicing, joy; a festival, merry-making → 1535 obs.
► GAUDY-DAY ► GAWDY-DAY a day of rejoicing, a festival or gala day → 1567
► JAUL ► JAWL ► JOL a party; a festival or other social occasion → 1970s S. Afr.
► JUNKET a feast, a banquet; a festive gathering or celebration → 1500
► JUNKETING a feast, banquet, or other festive gathering → 1577
► LET-OFF a display of festivity, a festive gathering → 1827
► MAIN-BREW a festivity; jollification → 1859 Eng. dial.
► MANGERY a banquet; a ceremonial feast; a series of festivities → a1300 obs.
► MARDLE a festive meeting; a drinking bout → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► OLD DAY the day after a festivity when no work is done → Bk1905 Sc.
► REVEL-ROUT uproarious revelry; boisterous merriment; tumultuous festivity; an occasion of revelling, a revel; a rough, noisy, and indecent gathering or carouse → a1553 obs.
► ROOTY-TOOTY a fête, a festivity → 1887 Eng. dial.
► TIDE an annual feast or festivity; a fair → 1865 Eng. dial.
► WAKE the vigil or eve of a festival, and the observances belonging to this → a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► JUNKETER a person who holds or attends a feast, banquet, or other festive gathering; a reveller, a party-goer → 1721