revel
noun/ˈrevl/
/ˈrevl/
[usually plural] (literary)- noisy celebrations
- Bright lights illuminated the revels and feasting.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French reveler ‘rise up in rebellion’, from Latin rebellare ‘to rebel’.Definitions on the go
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