Festoon (noun)
fes-toon
a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, suspended in a curve between two points.
Festoon can also be a verb meaning “to adorn with festoons. Festoon entered English between 1670–80. It comes via French from the Italian word festone, meaning “decoration for a feast.”
Example sentences
“The festoon flowers adoraned the trailer on every side.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
