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Christmassy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹɪsməsi/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-der. Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós) ▲ Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)sl. ▲ Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)sl. Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)der. Latin Chrīstusder. Old English Crist Proto-Germanic *-as Proto-West Germanic *-as Old English -es Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin missiō Latin missabor. Old English mæsse Old English Cristes mæsse Middle English Cristemasse English Christmas Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Christmassy From Christmas + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or having feelings of Christmas; festive.
   • They [Asian pears] are unquestionably Christmassy and festive, with their golden speckled skin. 2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 12 Sep 2015, page 1:
   • It is important to guard against any hint of a generalisation here that 'less Christmassy music' always accompanies a 'less Christmassy sentiment', and indeed Greg Lake's 'I Believe In Father Christmas' (1974) is proof that the converse is not […] 2008, Sheila Whiteley, Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 122:
   • Mark: That looks like a lovely turkey. I'm sorry I flew off the handle a bit. Jeremy: That wasn't very Christmassy. Mark: No, it wasn't. I apologise. 2010 December 24, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, “Seasonal Beatings”, in Peep Show, season 7, episode 5, via Channel 4:

Forms

Antonyms

un-Christmassy

Deriveds

unchristmassy · Christmassiness

Translations (15)

no julete (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · it natalizio (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · nl kerstachtig (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · fi jouluinen (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · fr noëlien (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · es navideño (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · no julaktig (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · fo jólaligur (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · pt natalício (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · de weihnachtlich (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · fi jouluisa (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · ca nadalenc (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · is jólalegur (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · sv julig (resembling or having feelings of Christmas) · ceb paskohanon (resembling or having feelings of Christmas)