† revel rexn.

Forms: see revel n.¹ and rex n.²

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: revel n.¹, rex n.²

Etymology: Probably < revel n.¹ + rex n.² (see discussion at that entry).

Obsolete.

Pranks, antics, or capers associated with or suggestive of revelry. Only in to keep (also play) revel rex. Cf. to keep (also play) reaks at reak n.; to keep (also make, play) revel-rout at revel-rout n. Phrases.In quot. 1566 with singular agreement: a period or occasion characterized by revelrous pranks or antics.

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1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Agamemnon v. i. sig. Fvii Within a reuell rexe is kept [L. res agitur intus magna], as sore as euer was.

1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie iv. f. 43^v Some women keepe suche Reuell rexe and coyle in daunsinge and leapinge, at banquettes and feastes, that for verye payne they eyther procure abortion before the tyme, or elles bringe the same foorthe verye weake and feeble.

1587 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnius Herbal for Bible xxxiii. 176 Antiochus compelled the Iewes..like persons distraught of their wits to range vp and downe, keeping reuell rex, and vsing all dissolute behauiour as the residue did that kept the feast of Bacchus.

1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction iii. viii. 201 The Diuell..made the world beleeue that it was he [sc. God], which played reuell rex abroad in that terrible equipage.

1641 W. Vaughan Sovles Exercise v. 185 Such spite they wrought on him with revel reakes Till word was brought to them, The Morning breakes.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	revel rex
释义	† revel rexn. Forms: see revel n.¹ and rex n.² Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: revel n.¹, rex n.² Etymology: Probably < revel n.¹ + rex n.² (see discussion at that entry). Obsolete. Pranks, antics, or capers associated with or suggestive of revelry. Only in to keep (also play) revel rex. Cf. to keep (also play) reaks at reak n.; to keep (also make, play) revel-rout at revel-rout n. Phrases.In quot. 1566 with singular agreement: a period or occasion characterized by revelrous pranks or antics. ΚΠ 1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Agamemnon v. i. sig. Fvii Within a reuell rexe is kept [L. res agitur intus magna], as sore as euer was. 1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie iv. f. 43^v Some women keepe suche Reuell rexe and coyle in daunsinge and leapinge, at banquettes and feastes, that for verye payne they eyther procure abortion before the tyme, or elles bringe the same foorthe verye weake and feeble. 1587 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnius Herbal for Bible xxxiii. 176 Antiochus compelled the Iewes..like persons distraught of their wits to range vp and downe, keeping reuell rex, and vsing all dissolute behauiour as the residue did that kept the feast of Bacchus. 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction iii. viii. 201 The Diuell..made the world beleeue that it was he [sc. God], which played reuell rex abroad in that terrible equipage. 1641 W. Vaughan Sovles Exercise v. 185 Such spite they wrought on him with revel reakes Till word was brought to them, The Morning breakes.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566
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