pickfest

pickfest

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English pick
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder.
Proto-Italic *θēstos
Proto-Italic *fēstosder.
Latin fēstus
Latin festumder.
Middle High German fëst
German Festbor.
English fest
English -fest
English pickfest

    From pick + -fest.

    Noun

    pickfest (plural pickfests)

    1. A period of intense or frequent picking (in various senses).
      • 1996 December 12, “Axum's Ethiopian fare a feast for the unhurried”, in Denver Post‎[1]:
        It's an endless pickfest. A symphony of nosh.
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