Fest

noun

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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."

Synonyms

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festival

Example

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"Why is open source such a sausage fest?"

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).

Related phrases

Ren festfest-goerflesh festglitch festsausage festtaco festzest fest

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