revelry
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/ˈɹɛvəlɹi/
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/ˈɹɛvəlɹi/ · [ˈɹɛv.əɫ.ɹi](UK)
Definition of revelry
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Joyful or riotous merry-making.
“[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.”
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Etymology
From Middle English revelrye; equivalent to revel + -ry.
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