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riotousness|ˈraɪətəsnɪs|
Also 6 riotousnes (6–7 -nesse); 6 ryot(o)usnes (7 -ness), Sc. ryattousnes.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The state or condition of being riotous.
1542Udall in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 5 He was in his youth a famous example of all riotousnes. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxii. §18 To plant parsimonie as Nature, where Riotousnesse hath beene studie. 1606J. Davies (Heref.) Bien Venu xxxvii, Who Bountie loues, yet hateth Riotousnesse. 1639N. N. tr. Du Bosq's Compl. Woman ii. 35 Their riotousnesse breeds in families so much poverty and jealousies. 1707J. Stevens tr. Quevedo's Com. Wks. (1709) 502 Riotousness and Luxury. 1837Hallam Hist. Lit. i. viii. §49 The riotousness of his animal spirits. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vi. 117 The dinner was cheerful to riotousness. |