revel
verb (used without object)
to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed byin ).
reveller
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a word derived from
revel.
Example Sentences
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"Today the people don't care whether they eat or not," said another reveller.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2022
The unnamed reveller found a novel but dangerous way to get home after his Saturday night in Birmingham, police said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2021
Thomas Kelly, the reveller who had lunged at Ung’s group, had misjudged the effect of his cursing and gesturing.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 20, 2016
“I think it’s a really cool idea,” says a reveller, Lasse Riisberg, 26.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2015
"Well done, mister preacher!" vociferated a prominent reveller.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
