revel

 
Pronunciation: /ˈrɛv(ə)l/

verb (revels, revelling, revelled; US revels, reveling, reveled)

[no object]
  • enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing: (as noun revelling) a night of drunken revelling
  • (revel in) gain great pleasure from (a situation): Bill said he was secretly revelling in his new-found fame

noun

(revels)
  • lively and noisy enjoyment, especially with drinking and dancing: late-night revels

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French reveler 'rise up in rebellion', from Latin rebellare 'to rebel'

Spelling rule

Double the l when adding endings which begin with a vowel to words which end in a vowel plus l (as in travel): (revels, revelling, revelled).