† royetnessn.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
Wildness; irresponsibility; romping.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > riotousness
riotry?a1400
royetnessa1522
riotousness?1535
riotise1590
rowdiness1847
rumbustiousness1895
a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. Prol. 177 Nevir word of verite, bot all in waist went, Throw roytnes [v.r. royitnes] and ravyng, that maid myne eyn reill.
1813 Scotchman 89 They soud hae wytit the roytness o the government.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Royetness, romping.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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