delight, enjoy, revel
(verb) take delight in; “he delights in his granddaughter”
revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
(verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; “The members of the wedding party made merry all night”; “Let’s whoop it up--the boss is gone!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
revelled
(British) simple past tense and past participle of revel
Source: Wiktionary
Rev"el, n. (Arch.)
Definition: See Reveal. [R.]
Rev"el, n. Etym: [OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See Revel, v. i.]
Definition: A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal. This day in mirth and revel to dispend. Chaucer. Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. Rambler. Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.
Rev"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reveled or Revelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveling or Revelling.] Etym: [OF. reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See Rebel.]
1. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry. Shak.
2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. "Where joy most revels." Shak.
Re*vel", v. t. Etym: [L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.]
Definition: To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] Harvey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
