infestivity

infestivity

English

Etymology

in- +‎ festivity

Noun

infestivity (uncountable)

1. Lack of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth.
   • 1881, Thomas Hardy, A Laodicean, ch. 15:

     Her days of infestivity were plainly ended, and her days of gladness were to begin.

   • 1903, Frederic Stewart Isham, Under the Rose, →ISBN (2009 reprint), p. 70:

     Moreover, Caillette experienced a superior sadness, sifted through years of infestivity and gloom.

   • 1989, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, →ISBN (1998 Arcade edition), p. 256:

     May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.