a. Obs. [Altered form of FESTIVAL; cf. FEASTFUL.] = FESTIVAL, a.
c. 1400. Maundev. (1839), xix. 208. To theise ydoles þei ȝeuen to ete at grete festyfull dayes.
1586. Sir E. Hoby, Pol. Disc. Truth, xi. 41. The festifull dayes, which many dedicate to Bacchus and Venus.
