## Meanings
1. Cheerful and full of fun, as at a holiday or celebration.
2. Having the atmosphere or decoration of a celebration.
3. In the mood to celebrate.

## Examples
- There were many festive parties in the run-up to Christmas.
- The room was decked out with festive streamers and flowers.
- I'm feeling festive, so let's invite all our friends over.

## Synonyms
- feastful
- feastly

## Derived Forms
- festively
- festiveness
- nonfestive
- postfestive
- unfestive

## Related Forms
- festival
- festivous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰeh₁-
- Root: festif
- Root: festivus

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

## AI Etymology
Festive comes from French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”). Equivalent to feast + -ive. In current use, the main senses are “Cheerful and full of fun, as at a holiday or celebration” and “Having the atmosphere or decoration of a celebration”.

## Topics
- Entertainment & Leisure

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