roister

[ roi-ster ]

/ ˈrɔɪ stər /

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verb (used without object)

to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.

to revel noisily or without restraint.

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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” (see rustic)

OTHER WORDS FROM roister

roist·er·er, nounroist·er·ous, adjectiveroist·er·ous·ly, adverb

Words nearby roister

ROI, roid, roid rage, roil, roily, roister, rojak, Rojas, Rok, roke, rolamite

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How to use roister in a sentence

Custance, a gay and rich widow, whom Ralph Roister Doister wishes to marry, but he is wholly baffled in his scheme.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
The title of this comedy is Ralph Roister Doister, a name uncouth enough, and from which we should expect a very barbarous farce.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1|Henry Hallam
Roister Doister opens the moveable scenery of domestic life in the metropolis—touched with care, and warm with reality.
Amenities of Literature|Isaac Disraeli
His 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

It is interesting to compare him with Ralph Roister Doister.
The Growth of English Drama|Arnold Wynne

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, nounroisterous, adjectiveroisterously, adverb

Word Origin for roister

C16: from Old French rustre lout, from ruste uncouth, from Latin rusticus rural; see rustic

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