单词 | roister |
释义 | roistern.1 Now archaic. 1. a. A wild or riotous person; a boisterous or noisy reveller; (also) a bully.Very common betweenc1550 and 1700; now largely superseded by roisterer (roisterer n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person jettera1400 flirdom?a1500 facerc1500 termagant1508 rutterkina1529 bellomy1535 bystour1535 roister1549 swash1549 rush-buckler1551 roisterkin1553 swashbuckler1560 dash-buckler1567 swinge-buckler?1577 whiffler1581 huff-snuff1582 swish-swash1582 fixnet1583 swag1588 swasher?1589 kill-cow1590 roister-doister1592 dagger1597 flaunting Fabian1598 tisty-tosty1598 huff-cap1600 swaggerer1600 burgullian1601 huff-muff1602 tear-cat1606 blusterer1609 wag-feather1611 wind-cutter1611 bilbo-lorda1625 tearer1633 cacafuegoa1640 bravado1643 Hector1655 scaramouch1662 swashado1663 huffer1664 bluster-mastera1670 Drawcansir1672 bully huff1673 huff1674 belswagger1680 valienton1681 blunderbuss1685 Draw can bully1698 bouncer1764 Bobadil1771 bounce1819 pistol1828 sacripant1829 hufty1847 bucko1883 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [noun] > noisy or riotous revellerc1405 roister1549 roisterkin1553 care-away1576 roister-doister1592 mad shaver1611 roarer1622 wassailer1637 scourer1672 roisterer1684 tear-rogue1685 howler1875 1549 J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion sig. E4v After warres it is communelye sene, that a great number of those whiche wente out honest, returne home againe like roisters. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Lvijv Yf slaughter be not to be borne..these roisters, and fighters, are not to be suffered to go vnpunished. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 97/2 We must not play ye iollie roysters, we must not spred abroad our wings. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 446 Such roysters and rake-shames as Mars is manned with. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης Pref. sig. B4v His adherents, consisting most of dissolute swordmen and Suburb roysters, hardly amounted to..one ragged regiment. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. vii. 24 The Moon..doth not so much as look as if she liked such Roister-company. 1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1707) I. 74 Why, how now, bully Royster! What's the meaning of this Outrage in the face of Justice? 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xlii. 267 Mr. Greville is a roister! 1767 T. Bridges Homer Travestie (ed. 2) II. xii. 239 These Roysters batter, The walls and gates with dreadful clatter. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xiii. 124 Like a lusty royster of the true kidney. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 26 If new topics are started, graver and higher, these roisters recede. 1905 Outing Dec. 708/1 He..was a student of books as well as men, and while never a roister, spent as he fought. 2004 J. H. Justus Fetching Old Southwest xii. 442 Phillip January's ‘That Big Dog Fight at Myers's’ (1845) features Iron Tooth, a roister who challenges a dog. b. British regional. A lively, playful girl or young woman. Cf. romp n. 1. rare. ΚΠ 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 142/2 Roister, a bully; a noisy, blustering fellow; a romp. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Royster,..a hound that opens on a false scent. DerivativesΚΠ 1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 19, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Busie faut finder..is roister like ruffen. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xiv. 99 I..with my cords tied him royster-like both hand and foot. 1856 Ladies' Repository Sept. 88/2 Now, roister-like, with stunning roar, the dark and tangled solitude..joins Penobscot's deeper, broader tide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). roistern.2ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun] > noisy or riotous riotingc1390 revelling1395 revelc1400 revelryc1410 revel-rout?1499 jetting1509 deray?a1513 company keeping1529 banqueting1535 roistingc1560 wassailinga1586 riotise1590 roister-doisterdom1592 reels1603 roaring1617 ranting1633 rattle1688 high jinks1699 roistering1805 spree1808 wassailry1814 revelment1822 Tom and Jerryism1822 spreeing1845 to be on the roister1860 riotousness1882 whoopee1928 1860 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 359 The desperate hope that some beau who had been on the roister all night would suddenly repent and offer her his hand and heart. 2. A boisterous celebration, a wild party. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > noisy or rowdy bender1846 hooley1877 corroboree1885 wild party1925 whoopee1928 rort1941 wingding1949 blast1953 smash1963 roister1964 rave-in1967 rager1988 1964 D. Lavender Fist in Wilderness iv. 55 The money part was often spent during a last wild roister. 1987 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder the Third in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 268/2 Retire to Mrs Miggins's—I shall meet you there for a roister you will never forget. 1995 Loaded July 63 In search of the ultimate roister, Loaded snorkels its way through the bars and brothels of South America. 1997 J. C. Blake In Rogue Blood ii. x. 53 Their lickerish roister lasted through the night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). roisterv. intransitive. To celebrate or enjoy oneself noisily or boisterously; to behave uproariously. Also †transitive with it (also with out) (obsolete).figurative in quot. 1869. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)] face1440 brace1447 ruffle1484 puff1490 to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499 to face with a card of ten?1499 cock1542 to brave it1549 roist1563 huff1598 swagger1600 ruff1602 tear1602 bouncec1626 to bravade the street1634 brustle1648 hector1661 roister1663 huffle1673 ding1679 fluster1698 bully1733 to bluster like bull-beef1785 swell1795 buck1880 swashbuckle1897 loudmouth1931 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous revelc1390 ragea1400 roara1450 jet?1518 tirl on the berry?1520 roist1563 roist1574 revel1580 domineer1592 ranta1616 roister1663 scour1673 tory-rory1685 scheme1738 to run the rig1750 gilravagea1760 splore?a1799 spree1859 to go on the (or a) bend1863 to flare up1869 to whoop it up1873 to paint the town (red)1882 razzle1908 to make whoopee1920 boogie1929 to beat it up1933 ball1946 rave1961 1663 J. Heath Hist. Cromwell ii. 5 He was presently removed..to Lincolns-Inne; where he might with lesse imputation..royster it out. 1669 N. Morton New-Englands Mem. 51 The Seamen, that were Roystering in an House. 1758 D. Garrick Gamesters iii. i. 36 Can he drink, dice, roar, rake and royster? scour the streets a-nights, draw forth his valour, which the bottle gives him, upon the feeble watch; but should danger come—what would your hero then? 1850 J. Struthers Poet. Wks. II. 241 Who will may strut philosophizing, And, in his frenzied furor, royster. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xvi He might have..roystered it in taverns with Marlowe. 1869 J. R. Lowell Under Willows p. iii The wind is roistering out of doors. 1893 S. Baring-Gould Cheap Jack Zita I. viii. 118 Acquaintances who had roistered or dealt with him. 1938 ‘N. Shute’ Kindling ix. 188 Works from nine in the morning till ten at night, and then goes out to roister with Theopoulos and Potiscu. 1986 L. Erdrich Beet Queen (1989) iii. x. 189 Construction workers from the beet refinery roistered in the bars. 2002 W. Kennedy Roscoe 195 Alex and his classmate..spent their fresh money roistering in Manhattan over the Christmas break. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11549n.21860v.1663 |
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