sumptuous feast
11feast — feaster, n. feastless, adj. /feest/, n. 1. any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast. 2. a sumptuous entertainment or meal for many guests: a wedding feast. 3. something highly agreeable: The Rembrandt exhibition was a feast for the …
12feast — noun 1 special meal ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious ▪ veritable (often figurative) ▪ a veritable feast of music ▪ big, grand, great …
13feast — [[t]fist[/t]] n. 1) any rich or abundant meal 2) a sumptuous entertainment or meal for many guests: a wedding feast[/ex] 3) something highly agreeable or satisfying 4) rel a periodical celebration or time of celebration, usu. of a religious… …
14feast — /fist / (say feest) noun 1. a periodical celebration, or day or time of celebration, of religious or other character, in commemoration of some event or person, or having some other special significance: feasts of the Church; the medieval feast of …
15feast — n. & v. n. 1 a large or sumptuous meal. 2 a gratification to the senses or mind. 3 a an annual religious celebration. b a day dedicated to a particular saint. 4 an annual village festival. v. 1 intr. partake of a feast; eat and drink sumptuously …
16feast — [13] The notion of ‘eating’ is a secondary semantic development for feast, whose underlying meaning (as may be guessed from the related festival [14] and festivity [14]) has more to do with joyousness than with the appeasement of hunger. Its… …
17feast — [13] The notion of ‘eating’ is a secondary semantic development for feast, whose underlying meaning (as may be guessed from the related festival [14] and festivity [14]) has more to do with joyousness than with the appeasement of hunger. Its… …
18Feast in the House of Levi — (1573; Venice, Galleria dell Accademia) The Feast in the House of Levi was painted by Paolo Veronese for the Dominican Monastery of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. The real subject of the painting is the Last Supper. No sooner had Veronese… …
19sumptuous — adj. Sumptuous is used with these nouns: ↑banquet, ↑dinner, ↑feast, ↑meal, ↑palace, ↑villa …
20feast — I. n. 1. Banquet, treat, entertainment, carousal, regale, sumptuous repast. 2. Festival, holiday, fête, day of feasting, festive celebration, joyful anniversary, day of rejoicing, festal day. 3. Enjoyment, delight. II. v. n. Eat (plentifully), be …
