revel

[rev-uhl]

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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.

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

Related formsrev·el·er; especially British, rev·el·ler, nounrev·el·ment, nounun·rev·el·ing, adjectiveun·rev·el·ling, adjective

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2. celebrate, carouse, roister, caper.

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Related Words for reveler

ranter, merrymaker, bacchant, roisterer, bacchanalian

Examples from the Web for reveler

Historical Examples of reveler

For my heart leaps within me more than that of any Corybantian reveler, and my eyes rain tears when I hear him.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece
Various
He began to bawl a reveler's song, popular with cowboys on a spree, and old man Thomas joined him.
McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908
Various
The old man who believes that he is loved by a girl is a reveler in the debauchery of his own vanity.
The Starbucks
Opie Percival Read

British Dictionary definitions for reveler

revel

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (intr)

(foll by in) to take pleasure or wallowto revel in success
to take part in noisy festivities; make merry

noun

(often plural) an occasion of noisy merrymaking
a less common word for revelry

Derived Formsreveller, nounrevelment, noun

Word Origin for revel

C14: from Old French reveler to be merry, noisy, from Latin rebellāre to revolt, rebel

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Word Origin and History for reveler

also reveller, late 14c., from Old French revelour, agent noun from reveler (see revel (v.)).

revel

late 14c., "riotous merry-making," from Old French revel "entertainment, revelry," verbal noun from reveler "be disorderly, make merry" (see revel (v.)). Related: Revels; revel-rout.

revel

early 14c., "to feast in a noisy manner;" late 14c., "take part in revels," from Old French reveler, also rebeller "be disorderly, make merry; rebel, be riotous," from Latin rebellare "to rebel" (see rebel (v.)). The meaning "take great pleasure in" first recorded 1754. Related: Reveled; reveling; revelled; revelling.