Hypertext Webster Gateway: "boisterous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boisterous \Bois"ter*ous\, a. [OE. boistous; of uncertain
origin; cf. W. bwyst wild, savage, wildness, ferocity,
bwystus ferocious.]
1. Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.
[Obs.] ``Boisterous sword.'' ``Boisterous hand.'' --Shak.
2. Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy
turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.
The waters swell before a boisterous storm. --Shak.
The brute and boisterous force of violent men.
--Milton.
3. Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous
behavior.
I like not that loud, boisterous man. --Addison.
4. Vehement; excessive. [R.]
The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for
them. --Woodward.
Syn: Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious;
tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
boisterous
adj 1: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous
crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious
and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers";
"beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is
sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human
beings"; "an unruly class" [syn: {rambunctious}, {robustious},
{rumbustious}, {unruly}]
2: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous
practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" [syn: {knockabout}]
3: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and
waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra
Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: {fierce}, {rough}]
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