revel-rout

English

Etymology

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Noun

revel-rout (countable and uncountable, plural revel-routs)

1. (obsolete) boisterous partying; revelry.
   • 1714, Nicholas Rowe, The Tragedy of Jane Shore:

     My Brother, Reſt and Pardon to his Soul.
     Is gone to his Account for this his Minion,
     The Revel-rout is done

2. (obsolete) A rabble; a riotous group; a mob.

References

• “revel-rout”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.