roary
/ˈrɔːri/(also roarie, rory, rorie)
adjective
1That roars; loud, noisy, roaring.
- In early use with punning allusion to tory-rory; later chiefly Scottish, or as a child's word..
2 Scottish. Of clothing, etc.: bright, showy, ‘loud’.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Edmund Hickeringill (d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist. From roar + -y. Compare slightly later rory-tory.