Meanings
nounfestivalwear (uncountable)
- uncountableClothing intended to be worn at a festival.
What follows, as in many Attic plays, is a series of declamatory speeches, occasionally broken up with snatches of dialogue and the songs and dances of the chorus of foreign women, here costumed by Normandy Sherwood in flouncy, flowery festivalwear – even the male singers.
2015 September 18, Alexis Soloski, “Iphigenia in Aulis review – an epic reinvented in flowery festivalwear”, in The Guardian
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festivalwear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festivalwear
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“festivalwear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festivalwear. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “festivalwear,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festivalwear.
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