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单词 roister
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roister

[ roi-ster ]
/ ˈrɔɪ stər /
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verb (used without object)

to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
to revel noisily or without restraint.

Origin of roister

1545–55; v. use of roister (noun) <Middle French ru(i)stre ruffian, boor, variant of ru(i)sterustic

OTHER WORDS FROM roister

roist·er·er, nounroist·er·ous, adjectiveroist·er·ous·ly, adverb

Words nearby roister

ROI, roid, roid rage, roil, roily, roister, rojak, Rojas, Rok, roke, Rokitansky
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Example sentences from the Web for roister

  • Roister Doister opens the moveable scenery of domestic life in the metropolis—touched with care, and warm with reality.

    Amenities of Literature|Isaac Disraeli
  • His very roistering became a pose, and his vanity made him roister the more, to make the pose more convincing.

    The House with the Green Shutters|George Douglas Brown

British Dictionary definitions for roister

roister
/ (ˈrɔɪstə) /

verb (intr)

to engage in noisy merrymaking; revel
to brag, bluster, or swagger

Derived forms of roister

roisterer, nounroisterous, adjectiveroisterously, adverb

Word Origin for roister

C16: from Old French rustre lout, from ruste uncouth, from Latin rusticus rural; see rustic
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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