revel
/ˈɹɛv.əl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
verb
To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.
noun
Alternative form of reveal.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Our revels now are ended."
- ""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.[…]""
- "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."
- "[…] so they might spend the livelong day as befitteth high holiday, in pleasure and action without care, and thereafter revel in the lofty presence chamber till night grew old with eating and drinking and all delight."
- "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."
- "It then revelleth and drawethe backe agayne those humors which concurre towardes the Eyes."
Etymology
From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɛv.əl/
- British English: /ˈɹɛv.əl/