• Infestivity

    Origin

    - + festivity

    Full definition of infestivity

    Noun

    infestivity

    (uncountable)
    1. Lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth.
      • 1881, Thomas Hardy, A Laodicean, ch. 15:Her days of infestivity were plainly ended, and her days of gladness were to begin.
      • 1903, Frederic Stewart Isham, Under the Rose, (2009 reprint), p. 70:Moreover, Caillette experienced a superior sadness, sifted through years of infestivity and gloom.
      • 1989, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, (1998 Arcade edition), p. 256:May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.
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