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festivous

/ˈfɛstɪvəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fes-tivous
IPA
/ˈfɛstɪvəs/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a feast; festive.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin fēstīvus + -ous. By surface analysis, festive + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more festivous (comparative) most festivous (superlative)

Homonyms

festivus

Questions

How do you pronounce festivous?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɛstɪvəs/.
What does festivous mean?
Pertaining to a feast; festive.
Where does festivous come from?
From Latin fēstīvus + -ous. By surface analysis, festive + -ous.

How to pronounce festivous

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