roisterous en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English roister Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English roisterous From roister + -ous.
Meanings
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Loud and disorderly; carousing.
The New Year’s Eve crowd was wild and roisterous.
One ſhip that Lycius did ſhrowd with faithful Orontes / In ſight of captayne was ſwaſht with a royſterus heapefloud [high tide].
1582, “The Firste Booke of Virgil His Æneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most roisterous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more roisterous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |