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festoonery

[ fe-stoo-nuh-ree ]

noun

  1. a decoration of festoons.
  2. festoons collectively.


festoonery

/ ɛˈٳːəɪ /

noun

  1. an arrangement of festoons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of festoonery1

First recorded in 1830–40; festoon + -ery
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Thirteen years later, however, what started as a simple and intuitive way to find music has become a cluttered festoonery of features.

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Flashed upon his delighted eyes the crimson masses of tree foliage, and the festoonery of scarlet creepers.

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There are new galleries on Broad Street, and a festoonery of restaurants, bars and boutique bakeries have transformed the once-struggling design district on upper King Street.

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The rumbling of wheels heard through the drooping festoonery of the trees, proclaimed that a second carriage was approaching along the Shell Road.

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The grey gauze-like festoonery, having a resemblance to ascending smoke, hinders him from perceiving that of the discharged gun.

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