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row·dy    Audio Help   [rou-dee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -dies, adjective, -di·er, -di·est.
–noun
1.a rough, disorderly person.
–adjective
2.rough and disorderly: rowdy behavior at school.
[Origin: 1810–20, Americanism; perh. irreg. from row3]

—Related forms
row·di·ly, adverb
row·di·ness, noun

—Synonyms 2. boisterous, unruly, obstreperous.
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row·dy    Audio Help   (rou'dē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. row·dies
A rough, disorderly person.

adj.   row·di·er, row·di·est
Disorderly; rough: rowdy teenagers; a rowdy beer party.


[Probably from row3.]

row'di·ly adv., row'di·ness n., row'dy·ism n.
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