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infestivity

noun

Etymology

From in- + festivity.

  1. derived from festīvitas
  2. derived from festivité
  3. inherited from festivite
  4. prefixed as infestivity — “in + festivity”

Definitions

  1. A lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth.

    • Her days of infestivity were plainly ended, and her days of gladness were to begin.
    • Moreover, Caillette experienced a superior sadness, sifted through years of infestivity and gloom.
    • May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.

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