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fest.

A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɛst/UK, US
  1. A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.

    in-compounds
    a Renaissance fest
  2. An event in which the act denoted by the previous noun occurs.

    in-compounds
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder. Proto-Italic *θēstos Proto-Italic *fēstosder. Latin fēstus Latin festumder. Middle High German fëst German Festbor. English fest Borrowed from German Fest (“feast, festival, party”), from Middle High German fëst, from Latin festum, from which last are also English feast, festival, festivity, fete, fiesta (see these).

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