Revel
Revel , noun
Revel , noun
[Old French revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See Revel, v. i.]
A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
This day in mirth and revel to dispend.
Some men ruin... their bodies by incessant revels.
Collocations (1)
Master of the revels or Revel master , Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.
Revel , intransitive verb
[Old French reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, from Latin rebellare. See Rebel.]
1.
To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry. — Shakespeare
2.
To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
Where joy most revels.
Revel , transitive verb
[Latin revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.]
To draw back; to retract. [Obsolete] — Harvey