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eisteddfod

/ʌɪˈstɛðvɒd/

noun
- 1. a competitive festival of music and poetry in Wales.
Word Origin Welsh, literally ‘session’, from eistedd ‘sit’.
Derivatives
- 1. eisteddfodic adjective
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Eisteddfod
Type of Welsh festival of literature, music and performance
In Welsh culture, an eisteddfod is an institution and festival with several ranked competitions, including in poetry and music. The term eisteddfod, which is formed from the Welsh morphemes: eistedd, meaning 'sit', and fod, meaning 'be', means, according to Hywel Teifi Edwards, "sitting-together." Edwards further defines the earliest form of the eisteddfod as a competitive meeting between bards an... Wikipedia
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