festoon

UK /fɛsˈtuːn/ US /fɛsˈtuːn/
noun 5verb 4

Definitions

noun

1

An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.

2

A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.

The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

3

A raised cable with light globes attached.

4

A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.

5

Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.

verb

1

To decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.

The tree trunks and the creepers that festooned them lost themselves in a green dusk thirty feet above him, and all about was the undergrowth.

2

To make festoons.

3

To decorate or bedeck abundantly.

He was bewildered by how the car was festooned with polka dots.

A mysterious woman who shows up at a funeral more droopily festooned in black than the widow is making what is known as a fashion statement.

4

To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue.

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