different between roister vs boisterous

English

Etymology

From Old French rustre, from Latin rusticus. Doublet of rustic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????st?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /????st?/
• Rhymes: -??st?(?)
• Hyphenation: roist?er

Verb

roister (third-person singular simple present roisters, present participle roistering, simple past and past participle roistered)

1. (intransitive) To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.

   Synonyms: carouse, revel, riot

   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'
2. (intransitive) To walk with a swaying motion.

   Synonym: swagger

Alternative forms

• royster (archaic)

Derived terms

• roisterer
• roisterous
• roisterously

Noun

roister (plural roisters)

1. (archaic) A roisterer.
   • 1839, The New Monthly Magazine (page 411)

     The youth who had joined the roisters, was apparently about eighteen […]

Alternative forms

• royster (archaic)

Anagrams

• Storrie, Terrios, rioters, storier

English

Etymology

From Middle English boistres, an alteration of Middle English boistous, from Anglo-Norman bustous (“rough”), perhaps from Old French boitous (“noisy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??st???s/

Adjective

boisterous (comparative more boisterous, superlative most boisterous)

1. Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
2. Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
3. Having or resembling animal exuberance.

Derived terms

• boisterously
• boisterousness

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