† roisterkinn.
Obsolete. rare.
A young or contemptible roisterer.
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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
1553 R. Horne in tr. J. Calvin Certaine Homilies sig. B.vii Think youe this lusty roysterkin doth not knowefull well, yt thei be fast j nough, they may not coom to answer him?
a1569 A. Kingsmill Most Excellent & Comfortable Treat. (new ed.) (1585) C viij The whole rablement of her bawdie bawdes, ruffling roysterkins with brawling bragges.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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