revel
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English revelen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin rebello (“to rebel”)
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛvəl
Noun
revel (plural revels)
- An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
- William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
- Our revels now are ended.
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- "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"
- William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
- A kind of dance.
- A wake for the dead.
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Verb
revel (third-person singular simple present revels, present participle revelling or reveling, simple past and past participle revelled or reveled)
- To make merry; to have a gay, lively time.
- 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
- If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
- 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
- To take delight (in something).
- 1997, The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart
- Slowing down doesn't have to feel like holding back. It can be an opportunity to revel in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comfortable where we are.
- 1997, The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart
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Etymology 2
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin revellere; re- + vellere (“to pluck, pull”).
Verb
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- (obsolete) To draw back; to retract.
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Noun
revel (plural revels)
- (architecture) Alternative form of reveal
Anagrams
Breton
Alternative forms
Adjective
revel
References
- "revel" in TermOfis, Office Public de la Langue Bretonne
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French revel, from reveler.
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Pronunciation
Noun
revel (plural reveles)
- Joyfulness, entertainment, celebration, revelling.
- A specific instance of revelling or joyfulness.
- (rare, Late Middle English) Chaos, disorder.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: revel
References
- “revel (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.
Etymology 2
From Old French reveler (“to revel”).
Verb
revel
- Alternative form of revelen (“to revel”)
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