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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

festaiolo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: festaiolo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reveller/ˈrɛv.əl.ər/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"I festaioli hanno riempito la piazza principale."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is enjoying themselves in a lively and noisy way, especially while drinking and dancing at a party or celebration.

    "Police had to manage large crowds of late-night revellers spilling out into the city streets."
  2. 2

    Someone participating in public festivities or carnivals.

    "Costumed revellers danced through the avenue during the annual festival."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'revel', which entered English in the late 14th century from Old French 'reveler', meaning 'to rebel, take pleasure, make merry', originating from the Latin 'rebellare'. Over time, the meaning shifted away from rebellion specifically toward boisterous merrymaking and partying, with the agent suffix '-er' added to denote a participant in such festivities.

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