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riotry|ˈraɪətrɪ|
Also 4 ryotrye, rioterie.
[f. riot v. + -ry. Formed afresh in 18th cent.]
Rioting, riotous conduct, riotousness; also, riotous persons (quot. 1780).
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2406 My fader in elde dotes To halde swylk a squierye, & gret costage in ryotrye. 1338― Chron. (1810) 220 Þer rioterie þam schent. Suilk ribaudie þei led [etc.]. Ibid. 338 Ȝit gos kyng Robyn forth in his rioterie, Ne com not ȝit his fyn to ende of his folie.
1780H. Walpole Let. to Rev. Mr. Cole 15 June, I hope your electioneering riotry has not, nor will mix in these tumults. 1826Southey Vind. Eccl. Angl. 391 The danger was wholly from the furious riotry and drunkeness of the crew. 1834Sir H. Taylor Artevelde i. i. iii, They at will Enter'd our houses, lived upon our means In riotry. |