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Festivus Pole

Proper noun

Festivus

1. A nonce nondenominational holiday featured in a Seinfeld episode, now celebrated (seriously or otherwise) by a number of people around Christmastime or the northern hemisphere's winter solstice
   • 2006, Boston Globe Article- “Yes, Virginia, there is a Festivus”

     "Festivus isn't about any specific religion," Doyle said, stating what seemed both obvious and reassuring. "It's inclusive. And funny."

   • 2005, Allen Salkin, Gabi Payn (Illustrator) “Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us”

Coordinate terms

• Christmas (Christian)
• Hanukkah (Jewish)
• Kwanzaa (African-American)
• Yule (Neo-Paganist)

Derived terms

• Festivus pole

Latin

Adjective

fēstīvus m ‎(feminine fēstīva, neuter fēstīvum); first/second declension

1. lively, festive, joyous, gay, merry
2. agreeable, pleasing; handsome, pretty
3. (of character) jovial, agreeable
4. (of speech) humorous, witty, lively

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

Related terms

• fēstum
• fēstus

Descendants

• Emilian: festîv
• English: festive
• French: festif
• Galician: festivo
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: festivu
• Istriot: fisteîvo
• Italian: festivo
• Mirandese: festibo
• Piedmontese: festiv
• Portuguese: festivo
• Spanish: festivo

References

• festivus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• festivus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “festivus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.