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单词 revelry
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revelryn.

Brit. /ˈrɛvlri/, U.S. /ˈrɛvəlri/
Forms: see revel n.1 and -ry suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revel n.1, -ry suffix.
Etymology: < revel n.1 + -ry suffix. Compare earlier revel n.1, revelling n., and also earlier reverie n.
The action or an act of revelling; boisterous mirth or merrymaking; (also in plural) lively entertainments; wild or noisy festivities, esp. those involving drinking.In quot. 1810: joyous song.
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society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun] > noisy or riotous
riotingc1390
revelling1395
revelc1400
revelryc1410
revel-rout?1499
jetting1509
deray?a1513
company keeping1529
banqueting1535
roistingc1560
wassailinga1586
riotise1590
roister-doisterdom1592
reels1603
roaring1617
ranting1633
rattle1688
high jinks1699
roistering1805
spree1808
wassailry1814
revelment1822
Tom and Jerryism1822
spreeing1845
to be on the roister1860
riotousness1882
whoopee1928
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > joyful song
carol1303
lilt1728
revelry1810
evangel1842
c1410 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Cambr. Dd.4.24) (1902) l. 4005 Only for here myrthe and reuelrye [c1405 Hengwrt reuerye] vp-on the wardeyn..they crye To ȝeue hem leue..To go to Mille and sen here corn I-grounde.
1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 11 v In her masking sute, the spangled skie, Come forth to bride it in her reuelrie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 175 Meane time, forget this new-falne dignitie, And fall into our Rusticke Reuelrie.
1637 J. Milton Comus 5 Meane while welcome Joy, and Feast, Midnight shout, and revelrie.
1684 J. Harington Grove 8 Whilst danc'd their Antick Revelries.
1727 J. Thomson Summer 78 The Fairy People throng, In various Game, and Revelry to pass A Summer-Night.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 79 Revelry, and dance, and show, Suffer a syncope.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 99 The lark sent down her revelry.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvi. 22 A something in the midst of their revelry and riot that chilled and haunted them.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 26 There is no drunken revelry in Sparta.
1936 Morning Post 15 July 14/5 There is a section of the community..whose life seems to consist of cocktail and sherry parties, cabarets and midnight revelries... These are decadent ‘bright young things’.
1981 Globe & Mail (Nexis) 25 Dec. Carols..were originally dance-songs included in festive revelries all the year round.
1989 ‘J. le Carré’ Russia House i. 17 For the fifty minutes of revelry that remained, Niki Landau threw his heart into the party.
1993 M. Angelou Wouldn't take Nothing for my Journey Now 63 Naturally, during this revelry jokes were told.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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