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wassail

noun

1 wassail

A punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas.

Roget 954: intemperance; sensuality, animalism, carnality; tragalism; pleasure; effeminacy, silkiness; luxury, luxuriousness; lap of pleasure, lap of luxury; free living.    ... show more

Roget 840: amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games; diversion, divertissement; reaction, solace; pastime, passetemps [Fr.], sport; ... show more

Roget 298: eating etc. v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination; gluttony etc. 957.    [eating specific foods] ... show more

verb

1 wassail

Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.

synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, revel, whoop it up.

Dutch: opwekken

2 wassail

Propose a toast to.

synonyms: drink, pledge, salute, toast.

Dutch: aanstoten, klinken, proosten, toasten, toosten


Moby thesaurus: bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bender, binge, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, compotation, debauch, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, frolic, guzzle, hell, high jinks ... show more.

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