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rowdiness

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row⋅dy

  [rou-dee] noun, plural -dies, adjective, -di⋅er, -di⋅est.
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–noun
1. a rough, disorderly person.
–adjective
2. rough and disorderly: rowdy behavior at school.
Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; perh. irreg. from row 3

Related forms:
row⋅di⋅ly, adverb
row⋅di⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. boisterous, unruly, obstreperous.
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row·dy   (rou'dē)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

rowdy  (n.)
"a rough, quarrelsome person," 1808, Amer.Eng., originally "lawless backwoodsman," probably from row (3) (q.v.). The adjective is first recorded 1819.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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