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单词 reavel-ravel
释义

reavel-raveln.

Forms:

α. pre-1700 revill-raill.

β. pre-1700 reavel-ravel.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ribble-rabble adv.
Etymology: Variant of ribble-rabble adv. (compare forms at that entry).
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
A rigmarole. on reavel-ravel: in an incoherent, rambling, or confused manner.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity > prolix passage > rigmarole
Ragman?1507
rat-rane1513
rat-rhyme1553
reavel-ravel1568
paternoster1651
kyrielle1653
rat1671
rigmarolec1736
nominy?1746
Megillah1911
1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow iii. 151 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 308 I allege non vþir auctorite In this sentence maid on revill raill.
a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 107 Like some Lawyers making Speeches; He..Half singing vents this Reavel Ravel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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