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verb (used without object)
1.
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
2.
to revel noisily or without restraint.
Origin:
1545–55; v. use of roister (noun) < Middle French ru(i)stre ruffian, boor, variant of ru(i)ste rustic
1545–55; v. use of roister (noun) < Middle French ru(i)stre ruffian, boor, variant of ru(i)ste rustic
Related forms
roist·er·er, noun
roist·er·ous, adjective
roist·er·ous·ly, adverb
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roister
1582, from an obsolete noun roister "noisy bully" (1551), from M.Fr. ruistre "ruffian," from O.Fr. ruste "rough country fellow," from L. rusticus (see rustic).
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