-fest

\\ˌfest\ noun combining form (-s)

Etymology: German fest festival, holiday, from Middle High German vest, from Latin festum, from neuter of festus solemn, festal — more at feast

1. : festive gathering especially for competition

shootingfest

turnerfest

songfest

2. : session often informal or spontaneous

gabfest

: outburst of activity

slugfest

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a combining form occurring in compound words that have the general sense "an assembly of people engaged in a common activity"; the first element of the compound usually specifies the activity: gabfest; lovefest; slugfest; songfest.

[ < G Fest festival, holiday (see FEAST), as in Sängerfest choral festival]

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-fest UK [fest] US suffix informal

used with some nouns to describe an occasion when people do a lot of a particular activity

What started as a serious meeting became nothing more than a talkfest.

Thesaurus: suffixes_hyponym

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-fest,

combining form. meeting, occasion, contest, or game, characterized by _____, as in songfest, slugfest, talkfest.

╂[< German Fest]

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comb. form in nouns denoting a festival or large gathering of a specified kind

gabfest | slugfest

Origin:

from German Fest ‘festival’

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-fest [fest] [fest] combining form

(in nouns) a festival or large meeting involving a particular activity or with a particular atmosphere

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a jazzfest

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a talkfest

(= a session involving long discussions)

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(usually disapproving)

a lovefest

(= an event in which people show too much affection for each other that may not be genuine)

 

Word Origin:

[-fest] from German Fest ‘festival’.