wassails
Meaning of wassails
- drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.
he feasted and wassailed with his warriors
- go from house to house at Christmas singing carols.
here we go a-wassailing
Middle English wæs hæil ‘be in (good) health!’: from Old Norse ves heill (compare with hail2). The drinking formula wassail (and the reply drinkhail ‘drink good health’) were probably introduced by Danish-speaking inhabitants of England, and then spread, so that by the 12th century the usage was considered by the Normans to be characteristic of Englishmen.
Information about wassails
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of wassails is: wassail.
- Languages in which wassails is used:
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Hyphenation of wassails
was-sails
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- wassails is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with wassails
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