revelrous


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rev·el·ry

(rĕv′əl-rē)
n. pl. rev·el·ries
Boisterous merrymaking.

rev′el·rous (-rəs) adj.
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revelrous

(ˈrɛvəlrəs)
adj
of or relating to revelry
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Poor Boys in action Donning pork pie hats and appearing as if through some rock n' roll alternate Edwardian time-warp, they quickly stirred the crowd into a revelrous backing choir singing along to Hey, Good Lookin'!, Sixteen Tonnes and Johnny Cash's I Got Stripes (a personal favourite), among others.
The triumphant Apollo had Marsyas, a follower of the revelrous Achaean deity Dionysus, flayed for his presumption.
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