feast

Meanings

Noun

• A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
• Something delightful
• A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

Verb

• To partake in a feast, or large meal.
• To dwell upon (something) with delight.
• To hold a feast in honor of (someone).
• To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.

Related

Similar words

• banquet

Origin

• From Middle English feeste, feste, borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin festum ("holiday, festival, feast"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ("god, godhead, deity"); see also Ancient Greek θεός. More at theo-. fete, and fiesta.
• From Middle English feesten, festen, from Old French fester, from Medieval Latin festāre, from the noun. See above.