Gilravager

/ˈɡɪl.rə.vɪ.dʒər/ noun

Definition

A person who engages in gilravage; someone who caroused or celebrated boisterously, particularly in Scottish Highland tradition.

Etymology

From gilravage (noun) + -er (agent suffix). Scottish dialectal formation for a person engaged in wild merrymaking and celebration.

Kelly Says

Medieval Scots needed a word for 'people who party hard at festivals,' so they created gilravager—reminding us that every culture makes vocabulary for the activities it values most.

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