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单词 reveller
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revellerrevelern.

Brit. /ˈrɛvl̩ə/, /ˈrɛvlə/, U.S. /ˈrɛv(ə)lər/
Forms:

α. Middle English reueilloure, Middle English reuellour, Middle English reueloure, Middle English reuelowre, Middle English reuolour, Middle English reveilour, Middle English 1600s reuelour.

β. 1500s revellar, 1500s–1600s reueler, 1500s–1600s reueller, 1600s– reveller, 1800s– reveler (chiefly U.S.).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revel v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < revel v.1 + -er suffix1.With the α. forms compare -our suffix.
1. A person who takes part in a revel or revelry; a person given to revelling; (hence) a person who leads a wild or disorderly life.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [noun] > noisy or riotous
revellerc1405
roister1549
roisterkin1553
care-away1576
roister-doister1592
mad shaver1611
roarer1622
wassailer1637
scourer1672
roisterer1684
tear-rogue1685
howler1875
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 453 My ferthe housbonde was a reuelour This is to seyn, he hadde a peramour.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Cook's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 7 Dauncen he koude so wel and iolily That he was clepyd Perkyn Reuelour [v.rr. reuolour, reueloure, reuellour, reueilloure, reveilour].
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 278 (MED) Thei ben also trecherous and veniable rybawdis and reuelours.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxv These maskers and reuellers them disuisered, shewyng them what persons they were.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 3 Thee father almighty..Mewd vp theese reuelers.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 62 He is call'd The Britaine Reueller . View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 33 The barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his Revellers . View more context for this quotation
1745 E. Young Consolation 36 For other Ends they shine, Than to light Revellers from Shame to Shame.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. vi. 180 The jokes and laughter of the revellers.
1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. ii. 33 They were now passing by the stunted trees, under which sate several revellers.
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. v. 118 (stage direct.) The revellers start and separate.
1922 S. Weyman Ovington's Bank (1926) xxxii. 375 Revellers..on their way from the Raven or the Talbot.
1975 R. Howard tr. E. M. Cioran Short Hist. Decay iv. 131 The sage, scornful of drama and display, feels quite as remote from the saint as from the reveler.
2005 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 5 May 4 (heading) Revellers from the north west could be given ‘codes of conduct’ to stop them causing trouble in European cities.
2. A person who delights or takes great pleasure in something.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > one who delights in something
delighter1567
reveller1772
1772 H. Maffett tr. Sallust Catiline & Jugurthine Wars 20 He was wanton in cruelty and a reveller in blood [L. gratuito potius malus atque crudelis erat].
1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 205 Finding me..a reveller in the exquisite scenery.
1891 ‘E. Perkins’ Thirty Years of Wit 296 I'm the snoozer from the upper trail; I'm the reveler in murder and in gore.
1909 J. Davidson Fleet Street 74 Divine destroyer, Reveller in life and death, let me partake With Thee!
1963 H. Malik Moslem Nationalism in India & Pakistan iii. 43 A reveller in spiritual experiences, Shaikh Mubarak was in turn a Sunni, a Shia, a Sufi, a Mahdist, and probably many other things.
1991 O. Chadwick Michael Ramsay (BNC) 16 The undergraduates found him a leg-puller, and a reveller in political argument.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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