riotyadj.
/ˈrʌɪəti/, U.S. /ˈraɪədi/ Riotous; wild, uncontrolled.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > riotous
tempestousc1374
tempestuous1447
uproarish1550
tumultuous1576
routious1602
tumultuary1650
ramp1678
mobbish1695
royet1737
riotous1775
rumbustiousa1777
rumbustical1779
rampageous1800
rioty1819
rampacious1836
tempestive1848
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective]
freeeOE
unneedc1175
easyc1200
untiedc1374
unhemmeda1400
largec1400
unrefraineda1500
rampanta1540
unmuzzleda1541
unyoked1573
yokeless1584
licensed1593
unbound1593
wild1599
broad1604
fetterless1604
unconfined1607
ungyved1607
ungaged?1617
unboundeda1625
unfettereda1631
vagabond1635
unmanacled1686
unrestricted1750
haggard-wild1786
unconstrained1796
unshackled1796
chainless1816
rioty1819
untethered1826
unwithholdena1834
bondless1845
fancy-loose1850
constraintless1865
unpressured1879
undammed1896
balls-to-the-wall1967
balls-out1968
1819 J. Keats Let. 20 Sept. (1958) II. 206 Bless the child, how rioty she is!
1856 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 10 May 44/2 They'd drunk away sobriety, and got to being rioty.
1963 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 22 278/1 Only the Ottoman remains give an idea about the scale and rioty style of such [palace] complexes.
2008 G. Foley Her Every Pleasure vi. 112 A faint smile curved his lips as he buried his face in her rioty curls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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