Meaning of ROISTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'roystur
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| | Definition: | | [v] engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night" |
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| | Synonyms: | | carouse, riot |
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| | See Also: | | jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Roist"er\, v. i. [Probably fr. F. rustre boor, a clown,
clownish, fr. L. rustucus rustic. See {Rustic}.]
To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy,
vaunting, or turbulent.
I have a roisting challenge sent amongst The dull and
factious nobles of the Greeks. --Shak.
\Roist"er\, n.
See {Roisterer}.
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