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royst

royst is the obsolete form of roist.

Meaning of roist

Verb

roist (third-person singular simple present roists, present participle roisting, simple past and past participle roisted)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To roister.
    • I have a roisting challenge sent amongst
      The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks
      Will strike amazement to their drowsy spirits.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of royst

third-person singular presentroysts
present participleroysting
past participleroysted
pastroysted

Questions about royst

What is royst the obsolete form of?
Royst is the obsolete form of roist.

Words near royst in the dictionary

  1. Roynon
  2. roys
  3. Royse
  4. Royses
  5. roysh
  6. royst
  7. roysted
  8. royster
  9. roystered
  10. roysterer
  11. roysterers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: royst (page history and authors); roist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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