festoon
festoon Lexical Profile
festoon Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To adorn or decorate a place or object with hanging chains, garlands, ribbons, or other ornaments.
"Volunteers arrived early to festoon the banquet hall with evergreen boughs and twinkling lights."
• noun
A decorative chain or strip of flowers, foliage, ribbons, or lights suspended in a curve between two points.
"Colorful festoons of paper lanterns hung across the courtyard for the summer festival."
A carved, molded, or painted architectural ornament representing a suspended garland of flowers, foliage, or fruit tied with ribbons.
"The neoclassical frieze was embellished with marble festoons and classical medallions."
Word Nuance & Usage
As a verb, 'festoon' is most commonly used in the passive voice followed by the preposition 'with' (e.g., 'the hall was festooned with lights').
• Rhymes for festoon
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-17th century from French 'feston', from Italian 'festone' ('a festive ornament'), an augmentative derived from 'festa' ('feast' or 'holiday'), ultimately from Latin 'festum'.