Festschrift
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈfɛstʃɹɪft/
Origin
Borrowing from de Festschrift, from Fest("festival, celebration") + Schrift("writing, something written"), the latter from Middle High German schrift, from Old High German scrift, from the Middle High German infinitive schrîben (compare schreiben), from Latin scribere, from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ-
Full definition of festschrift
Noun
- A tribute or memorial volume filled with essays and articles by admirers in memory of a colleague.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 65:Incandenza's burial in Québec's L'Islet County was twice delayed by annular hyperfloration cycles. Cornell University Press announced plans for a festschrift.
- 2002 Presbyterian Church of AotearoaI do not have the opportunity here because of the extent of time to go through the whole text but it will be published in English if anyone is interested in the festschrift for Prima Niles retirement as General Secretary of the Council for World Mission, so if anyone is interested it will come there.
Usage notes
In English, often written capitalized, following German orthography: singular Festschrift, plural Festschriften – and/or italicized.