roister

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
7
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɔɪstə/
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/ˈɹɔɪstə/ · /ˈɹɔɪstɚ/

Definition of roister

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
    “Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'”
    “He loved Rick and gave the best years of his life, now to roistering with him, now to hanging on to his coat-tails.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
    “Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'”
    “He loved Rick and gave the best years of his life, now to roistering with him, now to hanging on to his coat-tails.”
  2. (intransitive)To walk with a swaying motion.

noun

  1. (archaic)A roisterer.
    “He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain had put a trick on him, and having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun.”
    “The youth who had joined the roisters, was apparently about eighteen[…]”
  2. (archaic)A session of noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
    “The servants went out on the roister after getting paid.”

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Etymology

From Old French rustre, from Latin rusticus. Doublet of rustic.

Anagrams of roister

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