Roister
/ˈrɔɪ.stər/noun
To engage in noisy, boisterous, and often drunken revelry.
Did you know?The word is related to a whole family of rough, noisy words ultimately tied to ideas of uproar and turbulence, which is why it still feels like a word that stomps into the room before you do.
Etymological Timeline
Late 15th Century
English
roister
“to behave like a swaggering, noisy reveler”
Early Modern English
English
roister
“to carouse loudly; to swagger about in a disorderly way”
Middle French
French
rustre
“a boor, clown, or rude fellow”
Latin
Latin
rusticus
“rustic; rural; coarse”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reudh-
“red; ruddy; earthy”
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