Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roister"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roister \Roist"er\, v. i. [Probably fr. F. rustre boor, a clown,
clownish, fr. L. rustucus rustic. See {Rustic}.]
To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy,
vaunting, or turbulent.
I have a roisting challenge sent amongst The dull and
factious nobles of the Greeks. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roister \Roist"er\, n.
See {Roisterer}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
roister
v : engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out
carousing last night" [syn: {carouse}, {riot}]
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