revel

Meanings

1. An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
2. A kind of dance.
3. A wake for the dead.

1. To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.
2. To take delight (in something).

1. To draw back; to retract.

1. Alternative form of reveal.

1. A surname.

1. Alternative form of Reval (“Tallinn”).

Etymology

From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.