roister
[ roi-ster ]
/ ˈrɔɪ stər /
verb (used without object)
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
to revel noisily or without restraint.
Origin of roister
1545–55; v. use of
roister (noun) < Middle French
ru(i)stre ruffian, boor, variant of
ru(i)ste
rustic
OTHER WORDS FROM roister
roist·er·er, noun roist·er·ous, adjective roist·er·ous·ly, adverbWords nearby roister
Example sentences from the Web for roister
Roister Doister opens the moveable scenery of domestic life in the metropolis—touched with care, and warm with reality.
Amenities of Literature |Isaac DisraeliHis very roistering became a pose, and his vanity made him roister the more, to make the pose more convincing.
The House with the Green Shutters |George Douglas Brown
British Dictionary definitions for roister
roister
/ (ˈrɔɪstə) /
verb (intr)
to engage in noisy merrymaking; revel
to brag, bluster, or swagger
Derived forms of roister
roisterer, noun roisterous, adjective roisterously, adverbWord Origin for roister
C16: from Old French
rustre lout, from
ruste uncouth, from Latin
rusticus rural; see
rustic