festschrift

Borrowed from German Festschrift, from Fest (“celebration; festival”) +‎ Schrift (“writing (work of an author)”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstˌʃɹɪft/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛs(t)ˌʃɹɪft/

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• Hyphenation: fest‧schrift

festschrift (plural festschrifts or festschriften)

1. A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person. [from late 19th c.]

   Synonym: liber amicorum

   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, “As of Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment”, in Infinite Jest: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN; republished London: Abacus, 2013, →ISBN, page 65:

     Incandenza's burial in Québec's L'Islet County was twice delayed by annular hyperfloration cycles. Cornell University Press announced plans for a festschrift.

The word is often written as Festschrift (plural Festschriften) following the German orthography.

• Festschrift

• Gedenkschrift (“a festschrift presented posthumously”)
• memorial
• retrospective
• tribute

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