Meaning of FIESTA
| Pronunciation: | | fee'estu
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| | Definition: | | [n] an elaborate party (often outdoors) |
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| | Synonyms: | | feast, fete |
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| | See Also: | | party | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fies"ta\, n. [Sp. See {Feast}, n.]
Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or
holiday; also, a holiday or festivity.
Even . . . a bullfight is a fiesta. --Am. Dialect
Notes.
Some fiesta, when all the surrounding population were
expected to turn out in holiday dress for merriment.
--The Century.
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| | Related Terms: | | banquet, blowout, carnival, do, fair, feast, festival, festive occasion, festivity, fete, field day, gala, gala affair, gala day, great doings, high jinks, jamboree, kermis, Mardi Gras, party, picnic, Saturnalia, waygoose, wayzgoose |
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