| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Pertaining to a feast; festive.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb festivously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (festivously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective festivous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FESTIVOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Festivous \Fes"ti*vous\, adjective. [See Festive.]. (references) |
