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festoony

festoony adjective: pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.

Adjective

festoony (comparative more festoony, superlative most festoony)

  1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.
    • Your account of it throws on it the only ray of elucidation I have yet seen , in the festoony or ripply waves of the sand1843, John Herschel, “letter to Lieut. Newbold”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
    • Sally and Jim were all in tasteless, garish, festoony Christmas jumpers2020, Fran Hill, Miss, What Does Incomprehensible Mean?

Forms of festoony

comparativemore festoony
superlativemost festoony

Origin of festoony

From festoon + -y.

Questions about festoony

What does festoony mean?
Festoony means pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.
What part of speech is festoony?
Festoony is an adjective.

Words near festoony in the dictionary

  1. festooners
  2. festoonery
  3. festooning
  4. festoonings
  5. festoons
  6. festoony
  7. fests
  8. festschrift
  9. festschriften
  10. festschrifts
  11. festuca

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