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revelry|ˈrɛvəlrɪ|
Also 4, 7 reuelrie, 6 reuellrie.
[f. revel n. + -ry.]
The act of revelling, merry-making; boisterous gaiety or mirth; also transf., joyous song.
14..Chaucer's Reeve's T. 4003 (Lansd. MS.), Oonely for her mirþe and reuelrie Vppon þe wardeine besely þei crie. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. v. iv. 183 Meane time, forget this new-falne dignitie, And fall into our Rusticke Reuelrie. 1634Milton Comus 103 Mean while welcom Joy, and Feast, Midnight shout, and revelry. 1727–46Thomson Summer 1673 The fairy people throng, In various game, and revelry, to pass The summer-night. 1784Cowper Task ii. 79 Revelry, and dance, and show, Suffer a syncope. 1810Scott Lady of L. iii. ii, The lark sent down her revelry. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xvi, A something in the midst of their revelry and riot that chilled and haunted them. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 34 There is no drunken revelry in Sparta. |