noun
Meaning 1
A roisterer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
roister
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔɪstə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈɹɔɪstɚ/
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rhymes with -ɔɪstə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: R OY1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A session of noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The servants went out on the roister after getting paid.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carouse, revel, riot
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To walk with a swaying motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swagger
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They were out carousing last night
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carouse, riot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
History
Etymology
From Old French rustre, from Latin rusticus. Doublet of rustic.