[L., a. Gr. κῶμος a revel, etc.] A revel, merry-making; a personification of revelry as a deity.
1634. Milton, Comus, 93. Stage direction. Comus enters, with a charming-rod in one hand, his glass in the other.
1873. Symonds, Grk. Poets, iii. 94. After having eaten, the cups were filled and libations were made … then came the Comus or drinking-bout.
1876. S. R. Gardiner, Puritan Rev., x. § 3 (1878), 193. In Charles II. Comus seemed to have seated himself upon the throne of England.
