festive
adj/ˈfɛstɪv/
Etymology From French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”). Equivalent to feast + -ive.
1
Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
- The room was decked out in festive streamers, with flowers everywhere.
- On festive occasions away from home we softened under the influence of Christmas trees, bran pies, and conjurors.1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 35 (1968 edition):
2
In the mood to celebrate.
- Please put the Christmas decorations away, I'm really not in a festive mood.
- Derived terms
- festively, festiveness, festive season, nonfestive, postfestive, unfestive