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Roister  v. i.  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."






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"Roister" Quotes from Famous Books



... rote. Rair, to roar. Rairin, roaring. Rair't, roared. Raise, rase, rose. Raize, to excite, anger. Ramfeezl'd, exhausted. Ramgunshoch, surly. Ram-stam, headlong. Randie, lawless, obstreperous. Randie, randy, a scoundrel, a rascal. Rant, to rollick, to roister. Rants, merry meetings; rows. Rape, v. raep. Raploch, homespun. Rash, a rush. Rash-buss, a clump of rushes. Rashy, rushy. Rattan, rattoon, a rat. Ratton-key, the rat-quay. Raucle, rough, bitter, sturdy. Raught, reached. Raw, a row. Rax, to stretch, to extend. Ream, cream, foam. ...
— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns

... he is a ruffian in his style, Withouten bands or garters' ornament: He quaffs a cup of Frenchman's [51] Helicon, Then roister doister in his oily terms, Cuts, thrusts, and foins at whomsoever he meets... Tut, what cares he for modest close-couch'd terms, Cleanly to gird our looser libertines?... Ay, there is one, that backs a paper steed, And manageth a penknife gallantly, Strikes his poinardo at a button's ...
— Shakspere And Montaigne • Jacob Feis



Words linked to "Roister" :   riot, roisterer, make whoopie, jollify, revel, carouse, whoop it up, racket, wassail



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