revelrous

comparative more revelrous · superlative most revelrous

1. Characterized by or engaged in boisterous merry-making.

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

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

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

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

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

   1996 November 3, Fran Schumer, “Cyclists' Holiday”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Sep 2009

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

   2006, M. G. Vassanji, When She Was Queen, →ISBN, page 1

   Synonyms: carousing, celebratory, festive