infestivity

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noun

A lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth.

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Meanings

nouninfestivity (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth.

    Her days of infestivity were plainly ended, and her days of gladness were to begin.

    1880–1881, Thomas Hardy, chapter XV, in A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-day. […], volume I, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], published 1881, →OCLC, book the first (George Somerset), page 231
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    Moreover, Caillette experienced a superior sadness, sifted through years of infestivity and gloom.

    1903, Frederic Stewart Isham, Under the Rose (2009 reprint), p. 70

    May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.

    1989, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, Arcade, published 1998, →ISBN, page 256

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cheerlessnessmirthlessness

Origin

From in- + festivity.

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APA

infestivity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infestivity

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“infestivity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infestivity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infestivity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infestivity.

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