revel
[rev-uhl]
verb (used without object), rev·eled, rev·el·ing or (especially British) rev·elled, rev·el·ling.
to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
to make merry; indulge in boisterous festivities.
noun
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
Often revels. an occasion of merrymaking or noisy festivity with dancing, masking, etc.
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Origin of revel
1275–1325; (v.) Middle English revelen < Old French reveler to raise tumult, make merry < Latin rebellāre to rebel; (noun) Middle English < Old French, derivative of reveler
SYNONYMS FOR revel
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Examples from the Web for reveler
For my heart leaps within me more than that of any Corybantian reveler, and my eyes rain tears when I hear him.
He began to bawl a reveler's song, popular with cowboys on a spree, and old man Thomas joined him.
The old man who believes that he is loved by a girl is a reveler in the debauchery of his own vanity.
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revel
verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (intr)
noun
Word Origin for revel
C14: from Old French reveler to be merry, noisy, from Latin rebellāre to revolt, rebel
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