Both Uses of
revel
in
Catch-22
- Deserted by Milo, they trudged homelessly through the reveling masses in futile search of a place to sleep.†
Chpt 22 *
- Nurse Duckett reveled in such attention and ducked her short chestnut bangs with joy when Yossarian and the others focused upon her.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(1)
(revel) to take delight in
or:
to party -- especially in a noisy way -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely today (though common in classic literature), revel can be used as a noun that is a synonym for party -- as when Shakespeare wrote "I delight in masques and revels sometimes."