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revel | euoi |

As a noun revel

is an instance of merrymaking; a celebration.

As a verb revel

is to make merry; to have a gay, lively time.

As an interjection euoi is

a cry of impassioned rapture in ancient Bacchic revels.

revel

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
    • Our revels now are ended.
  • *
  • *:"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels ? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places."
    • Derived terms
    * revelry

    Verb

  • To make merry; to have a gay, lively time.
  • * 1997 , The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart
    • Slowing down doesn't have to feel like holding back. It can be an opportunity to revel in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comfortable where we are.
    Synonyms
    * (make merry) carouse, celebrate
    Derived terms
    * reveller/reveler

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) revellere; .

    Verb

    (revell)
  • (obsolete) To draw back; to retract.
    • (Harvey)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    euoi

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A cry of impassioned rapture in ancient Bacchic revels.
  • * 1909 , Richard Edwin Day, New poems
    • Shall the warriors of Thebes be dumb? " Euoi ! Euoi ! Hail Bacchus ! " They dance to the pipe and drum.
  • * 1983 , George Hitchcock, Kayak
    • Euoi ! Curving vines, delicate tendrils from sinews and tendons. Euoi! Candle flames and sweet smoke sting, swarm with the sound of bees...
  • * 2001 , Ralph Ellis, K2: Quest of the Gods
    • The Bacchic cry of Euoi is not too dissimilar to Jesus' penultimate cry, while on the cross, of Eloi, Eloi.
  • * 2003 , Matthew Dillon, Girls and women in classical Greek religion
    • ...sexually aroused by them but never successful in their urge to debauch them. The maenads, Diodoros continues, cry out 'euoi' ...