† roistv.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. Apparently: to delight or revel in (one's dice). rare.
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c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ciiiv Haue in a redines to be roisted in when time shalbe, your fine chetes of all sorts.
2.
a. intransitive. = roister v.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)]
face1440
brace1447
ruffle1484
puff1490
to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499
to face with a card of ten?1499
cock1542
to brave it1549
roist1563
huff1598
swagger1600
ruff1602
tear1602
bouncec1626
to bravade the street1634
brustle1648
hector1661
roister1663
huffle1673
ding1679
fluster1698
bully1733
to bluster like bull-beef1785
swell1795
buck1880
swashbuckle1897
loudmouth1931
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous
revelc1390
ragea1400
roara1450
jet?1518
tirl on the berry?1520
roist1563
roist1574
revel1580
domineer1592
ranta1616
roister1663
scour1673
tory-rory1685
scheme1738
to run the rig1750
gilravagea1760
splore?a1799
spree1859
to go on the (or a) bend1863
to flare up1869
to whoop it up1873
to paint the town (red)1882
razzle1908
to make whoopee1920
boogie1929
to beat it up1933
ball1946
rave1961
1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) ii. 168 b Traytours dyd triumphe,..Reuing and robbing roysted euery where.
a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1867) I. 361 They cannot be esteemed unless They royst.
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xvi. cii. 404 When their Retainors royst and wrong, yet out of Iustice leape.
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To roist,..comme to swagger.
1663 T. Jordan New Droll sig. A2v Imagine now you see a score Of Mad-cap Gentlemen or more, Boyes that did use to Royst and Rore, and swagger.
b. transitive with it. = roister v. Frequently with out.
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society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous
revelc1390
ragea1400
roara1450
jet?1518
tirl on the berry?1520
roist1563
roist1574
revel1580
domineer1592
ranta1616
roister1663
scour1673
tory-rory1685
scheme1738
to run the rig1750
gilravagea1760
splore?a1799
spree1859
to go on the (or a) bend1863
to flare up1869
to whoop it up1873
to paint the town (red)1882
razzle1908
to make whoopee1920
boogie1929
to beat it up1933
ball1946
rave1961
1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job xxvii. 123/2 They do themselues a good turne, yea so long as they may royst it out in their delights and pleasures.
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 134 Nowe a dayes we see many seeke nothing but to royst it.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. K7v Some of them haue..foure or fiue benefices apeece, being resident..at neuer a one, but roist it out elsewhere.
1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 192 Borne, onely to game, riot,..ruffle it, and roist it out, & to spend their time in meere Idlenesse.
a1635 R. Sibbes Divine Meditat. & Holy Contempl. (1638) sig. A10v They could dash God out of countenance, or roist it in heaven as they carve it here.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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