Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Festive

Festive , adjective

[Latin festivus, from festum holiday, feast. See feast, and compare Festivous.]

Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive.
The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. — Thomson