roister
Americanverb (used without object)
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to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
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to revel noisily or without restraint.
verb
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to engage in noisy merrymaking; revel
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to brag, bluster, or swagger
Other Word Forms
- roisterer noun
- roisterous adjective
- roisterously adverb
Etymology
Origin of roister
First recorded in 1545–55; verb use of roister (noun), from Middle French ru(i)stre “ruffian, boor,” variant of ru(i)ste “rural” ( rustic )
Example Sentences
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Within, Fly members sat down to roister together.
From Time Magazine Archive
Undaunted by the fact that the Bastille has just fallen, a band of gallants and their lady friends come to roister in the tavern of one Prosp�re.
From Time Magazine Archive
One youngster began to roister noisily before the President.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus a problem has been set before doting Princess Victoria�where shall her Zubkov now roister, tweak, and make champagne-rain?
From Time Magazine Archive
In between times I expect to roister, shamelessly, in some of the livelier resorts of the Continent.
From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells
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