Festive \Fes"tive\, a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast. See feast, and cf. Festivous.]

Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv.

The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. --Thomson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)