REVEL


Meaning of REVEL in English

v. & n.

--v. (revelled, revelling; US reveled, reveling)

1. intr. have a good time; be extravagantly festive.

2 intr. (foll. by in) take keen delight in.

3 tr. (foll. by away) throw away (money or time) in revelry.

--n. (in sing. or pl.) the act or an instance of revelling.

Derivatives:

reveller n. revelry n. (pl. -ies).

Etymology: ME f. OF reveler riot f. L rebellare REBEL v.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.