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REVELOUS

Definition: REVELOUS

REVELOUS

Adjective

1. Fond of festivity; given to merrymaking or reveling.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Revelous \Rev"el*ous\, adjective. [Old French expression reveleus.]. (Websters 1913)

"REVELOUS" is a common misspelling or typo for: ravenous, rebellious.


Usage Frequency: REVELOUS

"REVELOUS" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "REVELOUS" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Rhyming with "REVELOUS"

Words rhyming with "REVELOUS" (pronounced 'Rev"el*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: REVELOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-l-o-r-s-u-v"

-1 letter: louvers, louvres, oeuvres, overuse, resolve, velours, velures.

-2 letters: elvers, levers, louver, louvre, lovers, oeuvre, ovules, resole, revels, revues, soever, solver, velour, velure.

-3 letters: elver, elves, erose, euros, leers, lever, lores, loser, lours, louse, lover, loves, lures, orles, ousel, overs, ovule, reels, reuse, revel, revue, roles, roues, rouse, roves, rules, serve, servo, sever, solve.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-l-o-r-s-u-v"
 

+1 letter: ourselves, overrules, trueloves.

 

+2 letters: overblouse, overpluses, oversubtle, overvalues, unresolved, volumeters, volunteers, yourselves.

 

+3 letters: outdelivers, overblouses, overmuscled, overzealous, travelogues, turtledoves.

 

+4 letters: overindulges, overslaughed, oversupplied, oversupplies, overutilizes, superovulate, unobservable, unresolvable, volunteerism.

 

+5 letters: boulevardiers, marvelousness, overcredulous, overpopulates, overregulates, overseriously, overspeculate, overstimulate, overzealously, reevaluations, revolutionise, superovulated, superovulates, ventriloquies, venturesomely, volunteerisms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: REVELOUS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 56 45 4C 4F 55 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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