riotise en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹʌɪətʌɪz/ (UK)
Etymology
From riot + -ise.
Meanings
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(archaic, uncountable) Wild excess; revelry, riotousness.
Which stately manner whenas they did see, / The image of superfluous riotize, / Exceeding much the state of meane degree, / They greatly wondred whence so sumptuous guize / Might be maintayned […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| riotize | alternative | lexicographic |