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roister

UK /ˈɹɔɪstə/US /ˈɹɔɪstɚ/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3

noun2

•
(no longer used) A session of noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
- The servants went out on the roister after getting paid.
•
(no longer used) A roisterer.
- He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain had put a trick on him, and having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun. — 1819

verb2

•
To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
- He loved Rick and gave the best years of his life, now to roistering with him, now to hanging on to his coat-tails. — 1986
To walk with a swaying motion.

forms

roistered · roistering · roisters

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