Meaning and Origin
What does the name Revel mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Trinidad and Tobago says the name Revel is of French origin and means "Revelations".
Etymology: OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See Revel (v. i.)
- To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
- To move playfully; to indulge without restraint."Where joy most revels." [Shak.]
Etymology: OF. reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See Rebel
Etymology: L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull
- Unrestrained merrymaking
- Take delight in
- Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”)
- An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
Latin revellere; re- + vellere (“to pluck, pull”).
- (architecture) Alternative form of reveal