Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work.
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- noun obsolete The
observation of aholiday ;cessation fromwork .
Etymologies
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Latin feriari to keep holiday, from ferie holidays.
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reesetee commented on the word feriation
The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work.
January 1, 2008
mojeslovo commented on the word feriation
Just because it's a holiday you don't have to usen obsolete word as the word of the day. That's pretty lame, don't you think?
December 26, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word feriation
Yeah, reesetee... how lame of you to usen obsolete word just because it's a holiday.
December 26, 2011
reesetee commented on the word feriation
Yeah, lame.
December 26, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word feriation
Teacher says, "Every time you call a word obsolete, you lame a fairy."
December 26, 2011