roisterous
roisterous adjective: loud and disorderly; carousing.
Adjective
roisterous (comparative more roisterous, superlative most roisterous)
- Loud and disorderly; carousing.
- The New Year’s Eve crowd was wild and roisterous.
- One ſhip that Lycius did ſhrowd with faithful Orontes / In ſight of captayne was ſwaſht with a royſterus heapefloud [high tide].1582, “The Firste Booke of Virgil His Æneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC, page 3
- Synonyms:
- roistering
Synonyms of roisterous
Forms of roisterous
| comparative | more roisterous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most roisterous |
Origin of roisterous
From roister + -ous.
Words formed from roisterous
Questions about roisterous
- What does roisterous mean?
- Roisterous means loud and disorderly; carousing.
- What part of speech is roisterous?
- Roisterous is an adjective.
Words near roisterous in the dictionary
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