estival

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"[F] estival organizers noted that Zizek is 'certain to stimulate controversy and conversation with his hand-picked film treasures and exhilarating approach to talking about movies, art, culture, politics and desire.'"

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  • "[F] estival organizers noted that Zizek is 'certain to stimulate controversy and conversation with his hand-picked film treasures and exhilarating approach to talking about movies, art, culture, politics and desire.'" —  GreenCine Daily
  • ADVERTISEMENT estival is one of the least well-accommodated major film festivals in the world.
  • If you are in the area, don't miss out on Saturday's estival at the Los Angeles Historic Park. —  Pop + Politics
  • A man of the right temperament gains greatly by a temporary estival transplantation; and if Johnny always contrived to seem dominant and prosperous at home, he now seemed lordly and triumphant abroad. —  On the Stairs
  • As he stood beside the bridal pair he seemed almost too festive, too estival, too ebullient for this poor earth of ours. —  On the Stairs
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aestīvālis, from aestīvus, from aestās, summer.
 

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/ˈɛstɪvəl/
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