roister
verb (used without object)
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
roisterous
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a word derived from
roister.
Example Sentences
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His best-known work remains “Lonesome Dove,” an epic novel about cowboys and cattle drives, grizzled Texas Rangers, frontier prostitutes, dexterous gamblers, odoriferous buffalo hunters and other roisterous denizens of the American West.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2021
And each has honed a personal style of bluesy rock ’n’ roll guided by his own personality: for Mr. Butler, both roisterous and admonishing; for Dr. John, sidelong and mystical.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2017
They will be keen to return to sweaty, roisterous Texas.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2012
There never would have been the sort of roisterous hodgepodge of wide-open energy that America became.
From Time ● Apr. 7, 2011
The three junior members of the conspiracy walked ahead, a little roisterous of aspect, arm in arm, uncertain of gait—to be sure the condition of the streets afforded every excuse—and their hats askew.
From Mrs. Fitz by J. C. Snaith
