单词 | roisterer |
释义 | roisterern. A noisy and boisterous reveller. Cf. roister n.1 1. ΘΚΠ 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 1684 T. Otway Atheist 3 Ay, Man; I have two or three bonny old Tilbury Roysterers, with delicate red Faces, and bald Crowns. ?1750 Mod. Courtezan 22 David sinned for Bersheba, and King Solomon loved the whole Sex, as well as e'er a Roysterer in London. 1786 Adventures George Maitland III. 66 I called the box-keeper to show these roisterers into the street. 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xv. 326 Carry thy roisterers elsewhere—to the alehouse if they list. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 360 If two roisterers met, they cocked their hats in each other's faces. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xlvi There were no roysterers going home. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny 3 Except the roysterers in the tavern, the village folk were abed. 1928 L. Stockett Baltimore xii. 195 The depositors and many roisterers were in a fine and proper rage, and vowing vengeance. 1975 L. Perl Slumps, Grunts, & Snickerdoodles x. 82 Many of their company were..unaccustomed to manual labor; others were roisterers and soldiers of fortune. 1998 Food & Trav. Apr. 46/1 Like Parisian revellers who breakfast on soupe a l'oignon, Turkish roisterers end the night with iskembe çorbasi. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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