fest

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//fɛst//

A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.

noun

1
A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
a Renaissance fest
2
An event in which the act denoted by the previous noun occurs.
That same trip would have to go down as the greatest dipping fest in Australian birding history. I had five target species and never saw one, despite spending a week looking for them.

Etymology

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).

Forms

plural: fests

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fest · A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.

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