† ahoitadv.
Obsolete.
In a state of reckless jollity; wantonly, without restraint. Chiefly in all ahoit.
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society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adverb]
trenchmore1577
frolicly1592
ahoit1598
hoity-toity1734
rollickingly1842
friskily1862
tricksily1866
frolicsomely1874
prankishly1883
larkingly1896
daffingly1902
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adverb]
unordinatelyc1384
untemperately1398
unmeasurablyc1400
unmannerly?a1425
unmeasurablec1443
inordinatelyc1450
riotously?c1450
immoderately1482
surfeitlyc1503
unsoberlyc1540
dissolutely1561
intemperantly1561
unbridledly1561
hard1569
intemperately1576
ahoit1598
high1602
extravagantly1660
overboard1931
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Intresca, iesting, iugling, dauncing, iumbling, all a hoit.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Estre au dessus du vent, To flourish, liue in prosperitie, be all a flaunt or a hoight.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Letabonde, jocund, frolicke, buxome, all-ahoight.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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