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riotous, a.|ˈraɪətəs|
Forms: 4–6 ryotous (6 -uouse), 5 ryottouse, ryoteux, ryoutis; 6 Sc. ryatous(e, -us, riattous; 4– riotous (4–5, 7 -ouse), 6–7 riotus. See also royetous a.
[a. OF. riotous, rioteus, f. riot(e riot n.]
†1. Troublesome, difficult. Obs.—1
1340Ayenb. 170 He ouercomþ þane viȝt, þet is wel liȝt to ouercome to þe bolde herte, and lang and riotouse [F. ryhoteuse] to þe sleauuolle.
2. Of persons: Given to wantonness, revelry, or dissolute life; prodigal, extravagant. Now rare.
c1386Chaucer Melib. §15 It were better dwelle in desert þan with a womman that Is riotous. c1420Hoccleve Min. Poems 228 The conpaignie of wommen riotous Thow flee. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 54 There be other that haue free hert, true and iuste, and be not riotous. 1503Hawes Examp. Virt. v. lxxii, Ryotous company do thou not haunt. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 970 As thou maist see by the similitude of the riotous son. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) iv. ix. 390 Drunkards and riotus persons they [Persians] hate. 1634Milton Comus 763 As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance. 1648Hexham ii, Een Smetser, a Riotous man, or a Glutton. 1847Lytton Lucretia (1853) 123, I own..that they are riotous fellows, but some of them are clever.
†b. Fond of commotion or fighting. Obs. rare.
a1400Morte Arth. 363, I salle..ryfe it in sondyre, Bot he be redily reschowede with riotous knyghtez. Ibid. 432, [I shall] Ryde alle thas rowme landes wyth ryotous knyghttes.
†c. transf. Luxuriant; exuberant. Obs.
1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. i. xiii. §3 Shall wee esteeme them as riotous Branches wherewith we sometimes behold most pleasant Vines ouergrowne? 1605F. Mason Auth. Church (1607) 41 Those things which seemed most superfluous, she lopped awaie like riotous branches.
3. Of life, conduct, etc.: Wanton, dissolute, extravagant; marked by excessive revelry.
1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 38 Nat be his owne folye ne ryotous lyuyng. 1542Udall in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 5 Of a veray riottous and dissolute sorte of livynge in his youth. 1544Suppl. Hen. VIII (E.E.T.S.) 53 Yf suche ryotuouse expenses had ben auoyded. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. vii. 40 Ane declamatioun against diligat and superfluous cheir in ryatous bankatis. 1618Bolton Florus i. xviii. (1636) 59 Fabricius..condemned it for riotous in Rufinus,..because he had silver plate in all to a ten pound weight. 1755W. Duncan Cicero's Sel. Orat. ix. (1816) 223 Dancing is always the last act of riotous banquets. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) I. 42 The detestable welcome bowls,..with many other riotous customs, are daily disappearing in Germany. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India I. 473 The dissolute and riotous conduct of a large proportion of its inhabitants or visitors. 1888F. Hume Mme. Midas i. i, He spent all her wealth in riotous living.
b. Noisy, tumultuous, unrestrained.
1508Dunbar Tua mariit Wemen 193 He ralis, and makis repet with ryatus wordis. Ibid. 481 Sum raiffis furght rudly with riatus speche. 1781Cowper Conversat. 261 They dare not wait the riotous abuse,..When wine has giv'n indecent language birth. 1873‘Ouida’ Pascarel I. 137 Down in the courtyard the children played with their spoils in riotous glee.
4. Characterized or marked by rioting or disturbance of the peace; taking part in or inciting to a riot or tumult; turbulent.
1439Rolls of Parlt. V. 17/2 To have yis open and ryoteux wrong and oppressioun remedied. 1464Cov. Leet-bk. 331 To tyme that he haue..receyued sich punicion for his Riottous demeanyng as shal-be accordyng with oure lawes. 1491Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 15 Certeyn persones of evyll, riotous and sedicious disposicions. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VII, 34 b, Assone as the comminge of the Mayre was intymate..to the ryotous persones, they fledde. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 141 The Commons of the Citie were farre out of rule by the insensyng of ryotous persons. 1621Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers Ser. i. (1886) II. 38 The..Sirieant at armes cam with warrant for her and the Rest of her Riotouse servants. 1649Milton Eikon. 22 Such a riotous act; to wit when hee came to dragg the five Members out of the House. 1714Act 1 Geo. I, st. 2, c. 5 (title), An Act for preventing Tumults and riotous Assemblies. 1737Gentl. Mag. VII. 672/1 The Act for apprehending those guilty of the riotous Murder of Capt. Porteous. 1845Ld. Campbell Chancellors X. 158 A resolution to violate the law by refusing the payment of taxes was illegal and riotous. 1887Hunt Bristol 200 Riotous proceedings ensued in London..and other places.
transf.1778W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 6 Feb. 1775, Rung the riotous ox. 1814Scott Diary 25 Aug. in Lockhart, Advancing up this huddling and riotous brook.
†b. in riotous wise, riotously. Obs.
1433Rolls of Parlt. IV. 458/1 Wheras the Commons..in grete noumbre, in riotouse wise, pulled, brak, and hakked doun a pale of the said Abbey. 1443–50in Baildon Sel. Cases Chanc. (Selden Soc.) 134 There came John Wayte..and..other persones.., and in full ryoutis wyse..entred the house of youre seid besecher. |