Revel

Morpheme

Revel

Type

free base

Denotation

entertainment, mirth, merry-making

Etymology

Middle English revel, revelen; Old French revel, resvel, from reveler, rebeller; Latin rebellis, from rebellare, from re- + bellare, from bellum

Evidence

revels, reveling, reveled, reveler, revelry

Notes

does not need to double because the stress falls on the first syllable

See Also

re-