revelry

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Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕvʹ-əl-ri, IPA: /ˈɹɛvəlɹi/
  • (British, America) IPA: [ˈɹɛv.əɫ.ɹi]

Noun

revelry

1. Joyful or riotous merry-making.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)

     The women pale and staring under the sun. In plain skirts, drab shoes. In hair scarves. Their drunken revelry jars.

Synonyms

• celebration, festivity, revelment

Translations

• German: Festlichkeit, Lustbarkeit, Prasserei
• Italian: baldoria, gozzoviglia
• Russian: кутёж

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