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the verb that struts in whenever decoration refuses to know its limits
originFrom French feston, meaning a decorative garland or chain
shapeClassically a hanging curve, drooping at the middle
architectureCarved festoons adorn temples, tombs, and Roman friezes
verb turnTo festoon is to overdecorate with cheerful abandon
dentalFestooning also describes shaping gum-line contours in dentures