Adjective

(en adjective)

In the manner of, or forming part of, a celebration.

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Adjective

(en adjective)

Characterized by or engaged in boisterous merry-making.

* 1823 , Henry Fitzroy, Henry Fitzroy, the Young Midshipman , Chalmers & Collins (Glasgow), p. 74:

She was thus quietly occupied in her own apartment, and the festivities of the party that were assembled above, were loud and revelrous .

* 1984 , Jim Moorhead, " ‘Superstar’ Company Acquits Itself Well," St. Petersburg Independent , 7 Feb., p. 6B (retrieved 21 Sep. 2009):

An hour and a half of now-revelrous , now-subdued celebration hummed along with admirable energy.

* 1996 , Fran Schumer, " Cyclists' Holiday," New York Times , 3 Nov. (retrieved 21 Sep. 2009):

[M]y husband and I suffered in a Holiday Inn that was the scene of a revelrous post-wedding party.

* 2006 , , When She Was Queen , ISBN 9780385661775, p. 1:

I was, if you will, the contingent phenomenon, a potential lurking in the unholy fug of a revelrous night spun out of control.