Revelry

//ˈɹɛvəlɹi// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Joyful or riotous merry-making. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    unrestrained merrymaking wordnet

Synonyms

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celebrationrevelballbanquetcarousalcelebration

Example

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"The party ended up becoming a great revelry."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

merry making

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