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ferial

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈfɛɹɪəl/

Definition of ferial

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
  2. (not-comparable)Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday.
    “[They] / Dance within the magic shade / That makes them drunken, merry, and strong / To laugh and sing their ferial song : / ‘Free, free . . . !’”
    “In ferial tone he addressed J. J. O’Molloy: — Taylor had come there, you must know, from a sick bed.”

noun

  1. A feria.

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Etymology

From Middle English ferial, from Medieval Latin fēriālis, from Latin fēria (“weekday”) (whence the first sense), fēriae (“holidays”) (whence the second).

Anagrams of ferial

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2-letter words

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