festivus

== Latin == === Etymology === From fēstus (“of or pertaining to feasts”) +‎ -īvus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [feːsˈtiː.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fesˈtiː.vus] === Adjective === fēstīvus (feminine fēstīva, neuter fēstīvum, adverb fēstīvē or fēstīviter); first/second-declension adjective lively, festive, joyous, gay, merry agreeable, pleasing; handsome, pretty (of character) jovial, agreeable (of speech) humorous, witty, lively ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fēstum fēstus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “festivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “festivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “festivus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.