revelry

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɛvəlɹi/
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/ˈɹɛvəlɹi/ · [ˈɹɛv.əɫ.ɹi](UK)

Definition of revelry

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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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