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ariot

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əˈɹaɪət/
  • rhymes with -aɪət

1

adj

Meaning 1

Filled with or involving rioting or riotous behaviour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, postpositional

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Filled in an unrestrained manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, postpositional

Examples

  • 1896, Octave Thanet (pseudonym of Alice French, “The Captured Dream” in A Book of True Lovers, Chicago: Way & Williams, 1897, p. 262, [...] a white fence glittered in front of an old fashioned garden ariot with scarlet salvias and crimson coxcomb.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From a- (“on, in”) + riot.