单词 | revel-rout |
释义 | revel-routn. Chiefly with direct allusion to classical sources in later use. 1. a. Uproarious revelry; wild or boisterous merrymaking; (also) disorder, chaos, pandemonium. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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 ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Biij What reuell route quod he. 1522 Worlde & Chylde (de Worde) (1909) sig. C.iij I wolde we were at stewes For there is nothynge but reuell route And we were there I had no doubte. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. xvi. 430 After all this reuel-rout they demaund againe of the Demoniake, if the God be appeased. 1628 H. Greenwood Wks. 11 Let vs keepe this Feast with ioy and thanksgiuing..not with reuell rout, gaming and prophanenesse. a1680 S. Charnock Wks. (1684) I. Suppl. 16 Revel-rout is usual where there is a negligent Government. 1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress xxx, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 266 With boist'rous revel-rout and wild uproar. 1755 J. Charles Dispersion Men at Babel xiv. 318 What became of the former Heaven, so over-run with Revel-Rout? a1835 W. Motherwell in Poet. Wks. (1849) 135 In revel rout They kick peeled skulls about. 1912 E. S. Way tr. Euripides Cyclops 567 The jolly spring season is tempting me out To dance on the meadow-clover With my Cyclop brothers in revel-rout! b. An occasion or period of revelling; a revel. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] > noisy or riotous revela1375 riotc1440 revel-rout1587 wassail1603 randan1640 rant1650 high-go1774 splore?a1786 gilravagea1796 spree1804 lark1811 spray1813 shindy1821 randy1825 randy-dandy1835 batter1839 flare-up1844 barney1850 jamboree1868 tear1869 whoop-up1876 beano1888 razzle1892 razzle-dazzle1893 bash1901 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1136/1 I haue borrowed the report of this reuell rowt. a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) ii. ii. sig. C3 v Wilt thou forsake us Jeffrey? then who shall daunce The hobby horse at our next Revel rout? 1713 N. Rowe Jane Shore i. i My Brother..Is gone to his Account, For this, his Minion, The Revel-rout is done. 1796 ‘A. Pasquin’ New Brighton Guide (ed. 6) 32 Mr R—gby officiated at this revel-rout. 1837 F. Kemble Star of Seville (ed. 2) ii. i. 47 You are rather..the quick deviser of these full excesses, than a mere actor in the revel rout. 1927 M. F. Bellinger Short Hist. Drama ii. vii. 51 Traditions of the komos, or revel-rout, which, long previous to the fifth century, must have been a veritable orgy of play-acting, topical songs, lampoons, and ridiculous antics. 1997 R. Melville tr. Lucretius On Nature of Universe 158 Next autumn comes and Bacchus' revel rout; Then follow other seasons, other winds. 2. A crowd or party of revellers; (also) a high-spirited, wild, or abandoned group of people. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [noun] > noisy or riotous > crowd of revel-rout1596 1596 P. Colse Penelopes Complaint sig. E2v When Vlysses comes, no doubt, He wil asswage this reuel rout. ?1719–20 Merry Piper 10 Ay, that we will, we'll break your Spell, reply'd the revel-rout. 1754 W. Dodd Sisters I. iii. vi. 197 Unluckily for poor Lucy, she was the first of all the seven ladies who made her appearance amidst this revel-rout of rakes and bloods. 1789 W. Gilbank Day of Pentecost v. 115 The revel rout of gay and wanton dames, The daughters of high-minded murd'rous Cain. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 172 ‘Our monarch has abdicated sooner than usual this night,’ said one of the revel rout. 1865 H. H. Milman Bacchanals 106 Bromius, that his revel rout To the mountains leads about. 1908 L. Abercrombie in Poems (1930) 215 The sleepless lusts of Holofernes Madden themselves all night, a revel-rout Of naked girls luring him as he lies. 1993 C. Gruzeiler tr. Claudian De Raptu Proserpinae 227 The..picture of the grisly revelrout of Furies besieging the house. Phrases† to keep (also make, play) revel-rout: to engage in revelry; to act in a boisterous, wild, or disorderly manner; cf. to keep (also play) revel rex at revel rex n. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. i. sig. A.ijv Sometime Dauy Diceplayer..Keepeth reuell route as long as it will last. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 558 Then made they revell route and goodly glee. a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) v. ix. sig. M1v Ther's a strange thing like a gentlewoman,..Playes revell rowt among us. 1684 C. Cotton Ερωτοπολις 180 Whatever Revel-Rout they make when they get this Distemper, yet when they find themselves tainted, [they] are the most cautious that can be to let their Friends, Relations, or Acquaintance know it. 1725 Z. Grey Looking-glass Schismaticks i. 52 Let us mock and play, let us feast and keep Revel-Rout, for to-morrow we die. 1780 R. Cumberland Songs in Widow of Delphi iv. 23 My heart Sinks to a more ignoble part; There keeps a roaring revel rout, Thumping and thundering about. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1499 |
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