feast

Noun

1. A holiday, festival, especially a religious one
2. A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
3. Something delightful

Verb

1. (intransitive) To partake in a feast, or large meal.
2. (intransitive) To dwell upon (something) with delight.
3. (transitive) To hold a feast in honor of (someone).
4. (obsolete, transitive) To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fiːst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: feeste

Inherited from Middle English: feesten

In summary

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.

Synonyms

banquet

festival

celebration

🎉

party

🥳

holiday

treat

dinner

festivity

junket

fiesta

fete

entertain

regale

revel

social gathering

meal

celebrate

drinking bout

ceremony

entertainment

dinner party

feed

carouse

marriage

💍

goodies

delight

holy day

carnival

feasting

treating

celebrate with feasting

enjoy

enjoyment

jubilee

spread

savor

savour

season

sitting

speech

spree

symbol

symposium

wassail

be delighted

feast day

give a party

gormandise

gourmandize

make merry

Sentences

The feast ending Pentecost was dedicated to Saint Roch .