feast

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large, special meal, often to celebrate something.

   We had a huge feast to celebrate the harvest.

2. 2
   verb

   To eat a large amount of good food with great enjoyment.

   They feasted on roast turkey and all the trimmings.

3. 3
   noun

   A religious festival or holiday.

   The town holds a procession on the feast of its patron saint.

From Middle English feeste, feste, borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin festum (“holiday, festival, feast”), from Proto-Italic *fēs-tos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”); see also Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, goddess”). More at theo-. Doublet of fete, fiesta, and fest. Displaced Old English winhate.

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