revelry
pronunciation
How to pronounce revelry in British English:
UK [ˈrevlri]
How to pronounce revelry in American English:
US [ˈrɛvəlri]
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- Noun:
- unrestrained merrymaking
Word Origin
- revelry (n.)
- "act of reveling; merrymaking, boisterous festivity, amusement," early 15c., from revel (n.) + -ery.
Example
- 1. But it was easy to get caught up in the revelry .
- 2. But the end to gruelling daylight abstinence and excessive night-time revelry is not the only relief .
- 3. And so even in the absence of conspicuous revelry the events that culminated in the peaceful unification of germany are still worth celebrating .
- 4. Tens of thousands of foreign visitors descend on pamplona , spain each year for revelry , morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights .
- 5. Or so say the fans , who swarm into the grandstands for a carnival of drunken revelry that would never be tolerated outside the stadium walls .