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actionfest en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French aucionbor. Middle English accioun English action 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 English -fest English actionfest From action + -fest.

Meanings

1. (informal) A film, video game, or other such story that is full of action.
   • 2 great films. KB1 [=Kill Bill, Volume 1] is an actionfest, KB2 is more dramatic. 2004 August 23, Ian Galbraith, “Re: Kill Bill”, in aus.dvd (Usenet):
   • I'm especially worried at the rumors that the [X-Files television] show and movie will be totally seperate from each other. Is this going to be an actionfest for non-fans? 1997 July 2, Megadee406 (username), "Re: Cathy's Top Ten Good (and Bad) Things From Season Four (LONG, like this s...", in alt.tv.x-files, Usenet
   • […] to decide on an approach that most effectively tells the story. Perhaps the story is crying out to be an actionfest. Maybe it doesn’t need action at all, but suspense and mood. 2004, Christopher Hart, Manhwa Mania: How to Draw Korean Comics, Watson-Guptill, →ISBN, page 112:
   • Exploding oil fields, trains bursting through tunnels in the midst of an avalanche, plane collisions, fights and leaps of all sorts punctuate the non-stop actionfest [=King of the Texas Rangers]. 1976, Jon Tuska, Vicki Piekarski, Karl Thiede, editors, Close Up: The Contract Director, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 205:
   • In this mature-rated actionfest [=Crysis], players modify and upgrade an armored suit for cloaking, extreme strength, and other abilities. 2007 Winter, "Dads Game Too!" (video game review) Windows Vista: The Official Magazine, Future US, Inc., ISSN 1933-6608, page 51

Forms

Translations (2)

fi räiskintäleffa (A story that is full of action) · pl akcja (A story that is full of action)