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revelry

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rev⋅el⋅ry

[rev-uhl-ree]
–noun, plural -ries.
reveling; boisterous festivity: Their revelry could be heard across the river.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see revel, -ry


merrymaking, celebration, carousal, spree.
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rev·el·ry   (rěv'əl-rē)   
n.   pl. rev·el·ries
Boisterous merrymaking.
rev'el·rous (-rəs) adj.
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