† roistinglyadv.
Obsolete.
In a roisting manner; = roisteringly adv.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adverb]
roistingly1571
swaggeringly1611
bravingly1616
roisteringly1659
swashingly1665
blusteringlya1714
huffishly1755
hectoringly1913
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [adverb] > noisy or riotous
roistingly1571
on (also upon) the randan1652
roisteringly1659
tory-rory1665
on (also upon) the spree1847
on a spree1847
on (or upon) the loose1849
on the fly1851
on the (also a) randy1857
on the tiles1887
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiv. 22) They..spew out their blasphemies feerssely and roystingly.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 126 Those women that love not to curle vp their haire roistinglie.
1614 S. Latham Falconry i. xvi. 71 It may be at the first seeing the Doue to stirre and flutter she may come roistingly to twich or take it away.
1678 J. Ray Summary of Falconry in tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. i. vii. 420 It may be at the first seeing of the Dove to stir and flutter, she may come roystingly to twitch or take it away, so far as she is able.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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