Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Joyful or riotous merry-making.

    Festlichkeit, Lustbarkeit, Prasserei

    кутёжkutjóž, пиру́шкаpirúška, весе́льеvesélʹje

    гулянняhuljannja, бенкетbenket, веселощіveselošči

More definitions
  • unrestrained merrymaking

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The party ended up becoming a great revelry.

    deDie Party endete in einem wüsten Gelage.

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  2. The joy and revelry on board lasted till long past midnight.

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  3. It is a toss-up whether to drink sake or whiskey; too much of either results equally in drunken revelry.

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  4. There was revelry at Tom's house.

    deBei Tom fand ein wüstes Gelage statt.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
joyful merry-making:
Русский
By meaning 1
joyful merry-making:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
joyful merry-making:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: revelries
Singularrevelry
Pluralrevelries

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • unrestrained merrymaking:revel

Word family

2 related words
Relatedrevel
Derivedrevelrous

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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