festoony en · ADJ
Etymology
From festoon + -y.
Meanings
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Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.
Sally and Jim were all in tasteless, garish, festoony Christmas jumpers
2020, Fran Hill, Miss, What Does Incomprehensible Mean?:Your account of it throws on it the only ray of elucidation I have yet seen , in the festoony or ripply waves of the sand
1843, John Herschel, “letter to Lieut. Newbold”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more festoony | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most festoony | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |