different between gleeful vs festive

English

Alternative forms

• gleefull (archaic)

Etymology

From glee +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??li?f?l/

Adjective

gleeful (comparative more gleeful, superlative most gleeful)

1. Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.

Synonyms

• elated
• exhilarated
• high-spirited
• overjoyed

Related terms

• glee
• gleefully

Translations

Anagrams

• Fluegel

English

Etymology

From French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”). Equivalent to feast +? -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?st?v/
• Hyphenation: fes?tive

Adjective

festive (comparative more festive, superlative most festive)

1. Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.

2. In the mood to celebrate.

Synonyms

• feastful
• feastly

Translations

French

Adjective

festive

1. feminine singular of festif

Italian

Adjective

festive

1. feminine plural of festivo

Latin

Etymology

From f?st?vus (“joyous, festive; pleasing”), from f?stus (“feast-like; festive”).

Adverb

f?st?v? (not comparable)

1. agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully
2. humorously, facetiously, wittily

Related terms

References

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