REVELLED

REVEL

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


Verb

revelled

(British) simple past tense and past participle of revel

Source: Wiktionary


REVEL

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



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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