Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

revelry

[ˈɹɛv.əɫ.ɹi]

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: rev-el-ry
IPA: [ˈɹɛv.əɫ.ɹi]

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Joyful or riotous merry-making.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[During a wedding] As evening drew in and moths began to swoop under the canopy, now lit with floating golden lanterns, the revelry became more and more uncontained."
"2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text The women pale and staring under the sun. In plain skirts, drab shoes. In hair scarves. Their drunken revelry jars."

Etymology

From Middle English revelrye; equivalent to revel + -ry.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: revelrye
Suffix: revel

Regional Pronunciation

American English: [ˈɹɛv.əɫ.ɹi]
British English: [ˈɹɛv.əɫ.ɹi]

Usage

Inflected Forms

revelries (plural)

Derived Forms

revelrous

Synonyms

celebration festivity revelment revel

Questions

How do you pronounce revelry?: The recorded pronunciation is [ˈɹɛv.əɫ.ɹi].
What does revelry mean?: Joyful or riotous merry-making.
Where does revelry come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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