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.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
