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roister

[ roi-ster ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

roister

/ ˈrɔɪstə /

Origin of roister¹

First recorded in 1545–55; verb use of roister (noun), from Middle French ru(i)stre “ruffian, boor,” variant of ru(i)ste “rural” ( rustic )

Origin of roister¹

C16: from Old French rustre lout, from ruste uncouth, from Latin rusticus rural; see rustic

Custance, a gay and rich widow, whom Ralph Roister Doister wishes to marry, but he is wholly baffled in his scheme.

The title of this comedy is Ralph Roister Doister, a name uncouth enough, and from which we should expect a very barbarous farce.

Roister Doister opens the moveable scenery of domestic life in the metropolis—touched with care, and warm with reality.

His very roistering became a pose, and his vanity made him roister the more, to make the pose more convincing.

It is interesting to compare him with Ralph Roister Doister.

April 21, 2024absquatulate

[ab-skwoch-uh-leyt ]

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