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Fest

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gathering for a specified reason or occasion. in-compounds

    "a Renaissance fest"

  2. 2
    An event in which the act denoted by the previous noun occurs. in-compounds

    "That same trip would have to go down as the greatest dipping fest in Australian birding history. I had five target species and never saw one, despite spending a week looking for them."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fest (“feast, festival, party”), from Middle High German fest, from Latin festum, from which last are also English feast, festival, festivity (see these).

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